Rationality and cultural interpretivism : a critical assessment of failed solutions /
Kei Yoshida critically assesses five different theoretical approaches to cultural interpretivism and conclusions on rationality. This book reveals the need for a cogent solution to the problem of rationality and urges social scientists to interpret symbolic systems or agents' intentions as well...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2014]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Rationality and other cultures: The case of Peter Winch
- Problems with Charles Taylor's philosophy of the human sciences
- Defending scientific study of the social: Against Clifford Geertz (and his critics)
- Rationality relativized or degrees of rationality: Marshall Sahlins versus Gananath Obeyeskere
- Psychoanalytic anthropology psychologized: The case of Gananath Obeyesekere
- Why cultural interprevitism fails: The distinction between nature and convention, and the unintended consequences of human actions
- Conclusion.