Toward an anthropology of the will / / edited by Keith M. Murphy and C. Jason Throop

• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Disciplina: 302/.1
• Soggetto topico: Will - Anthropological aspects; Act (Philosophy); Cognition and culture; Personality and culture; Ethnopsychology
• Altri autori: MurphyKeith M ThroopC. Jason
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1. Willing Contours: Locating Volition in Anthropological Theory / Keith M. Murphy and C. Jason Throop; 2. In the Midst of Action / C. Jason Throop; 3. Moral Willing As Narrative Re-Envisioning / Cheryl Mattingly; 4. By the Will of Others or by One's Own Action? / Linda C. Garro; 5. Willful Souls: Dreaming and the Dialectics of Self-Experience Among the Tzotzil Maya of Highland Chiapas, Mexico / Kevin P. Groark; 6. Transforming Will/Transforming Culture / Jeannette Mageo; 7. How Can Will Be Expressed and What Role Does the Imagination Play? / Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern ; 8. Emil Kraepelin on Pathologies of the Will / Byron J. GoodAfterword: Willing in Context / Douglas W. Hollan; Notes; References; List of Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Toward an Anthropology of the Will, the first book that systematically explores volition from an anthropological point of view, demonstrates how a richly nuanced, ethnographically-informed approach to the cultural experience of willing can help shape theories of social action in the human sciences.
• Titolo autorizzato: Toward an anthropology of the will
• ISBN: 0-8047-7377-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828857003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II