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...

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Other Authors: McKearney, Patrick (Editor), Evans, Nicholas H. A. (Editor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2023.
Series:Wyse series in social anthropology ; v. 14.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.5501135