First Published in 1985. What is the place of reason and conversely of the unreasonable, the contradictory, the emotional and the chaotic in social life? What is the nature of general human rationality? Are there such things as incommensurable world views? How efficacious are typologies or 'modes of thought' or cognitive styles? These are some of the controversies addressed by the contributors to this volume which draws together papers from the 1984 Malinowski Centennial Conference of the ASA.
About the AuthorJoanna Overing is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Book InformationISBN 9780422798105
Author Joanna OveringFormat Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g