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The social life of achievement /
What happens when people "achieve"? Why do reactions to "achievement" vary so profoundly? And how might an anthropological study of achievement and its consequences allow us to develop a more nuanced model of the motivated agency that operates in the social world? These questions...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2013.
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| Colección: | Wyse series in social anthropology ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What happens when people "achieve"? Why do reactions to "achievement" vary so profoundly? And how might an anthropological study of achievement and its consequences allow us to develop a more nuanced model of the motivated agency that operates in the social world? These questions lie at the heart of this volume. Drawing on research from Southeast Asia, Europe, the United States, and Latin America, this collection develops an innovative framework for explaining achievement's multiple effects-one which brings together cutting-edge theoretical insights into politics, psychology, ethics, material |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 238 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1306142342 9781306142342 9781782382218 1782382216 9781461952480 1461952484 |