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Two Kinds of Rationality : Kibbutz Democracy and Generational Conflict.

Beginning with a discussion of mind-body dualism in social anthropology, Evens presents a profound theory of human conduct that deploys notions of hierarchy and practice. He uses the case study of an Israeli kibbutz to address the central anthropological problem of rationality. Of particular interes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evens, T. M. S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1995.
Colección:Contradictions.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Beginning with a discussion of mind-body dualism in social anthropology, Evens presents a profound theory of human conduct that deploys notions of hierarchy and practice. He uses the case study of an Israeli kibbutz to address the central anthropological problem of rationality. Of particular interest is Evens's interpretation of the Genesis myth, along with his reading of Rousseau's revision of this myth, as a paradigm of generational conflict and the kibbutz's logic of moral order.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (272 pages)
ISBN:9780816686650
0816686653