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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yoshida, Kei
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.