Against better judgment : akrasia in anthropological perspectives /
"Anthropologists have long explained social behaviour as if people always do what they think is best. But what if most of these explanations only work because they are premised upon ignoring what philosophers call 'akrasia' - that is, the possibility that people might act against thei...
| Autres auteurs: | , |
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Langue: | anglais |
| Publié: |
New York :
Berghahn Books,
2023.
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| Collection: | Wyse series in social anthropology ;
v. 14. |
| Accès en ligne: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.5501135 |
Table des matières:
- Against Better Judgment
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Trigger Warnings
- Chapter 2. Three Problems with the Addiction as Akrasia Thesis That Ethnography Can Solve
- Chapter 3. To Live Like 'People'
- Chapter 4. Prayer, Demons and Akratic Sublation
- Chapter 5. Troubleshooting Humans
- Chapter 6. The 'Replication' of Caste as a Form of Collective Akrasia
- Chapter 7. Is Grit Irrational for Akratic Agents?
- Chapter 8. Relational Akrasia
- Afterword
- Index