Two kinds of rationality : Kibbutz democracy and generational conflict
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Two kinds of rationality : Kibbutz democracy and generational conflict
（Contradictions of modernity, v. 3）
University of Minnesota Press, c1995
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-246) and index
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hc : acid-free paper ISBN 9780816626427
内容説明
Beginning with a discussion of mind-body dualism in social anthropology, Evens presents a profound theory of human conduct that insists on choice, ambiguity and contradiction. He utilizes the case study of an Israeli kibbutz to address the central anthropological problems of rationality. Of particular interest is Even's interpretation of the myth of Genesis, as well as his interpretation of Rousseau's revision of this myth, as paradigms of generational conflict and the kibbutz's logic of moral order. He also discusses the controversial introduction of a secret ballot into a particular Israeli kibbutz' decision-making process, as well as the concept of ambiguity in social hierarchy and practice. "Two Kinds of Rationality" offers a critique of theoretical approaches to social action, and a rethinking of contemporary notions of human agency. Evens analyzes two kinds of rationality, mythic and instrumental, and projects reality as basically ambiguous. This important and revolutionary theoretical work should appeal to social and political theorists, anthropologists, and students of cultural studies, social movements and Jewish studies.
目次
- Dualism and anthropology
- the kibbutz
- democratic procedure and secret ballot
- conflict between the generations versus social differentiation - the empirical picture
- conflict between the generations as a normative expectation
- conflict between the generations as a metaphor
- conflict between the generations as a primordial choice - the paradigm of genesis
- primordial choice and the universal - kibbutz familism and the sexual division of labour
- the historical link between genesis and Timen's story - Rousseau as biblical redactor
- two kinds of rationality.
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pbk. : acid-free paper ISBN 9780816626434
内容説明
Two Kinds of Rationality was first published in 1995. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.
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, as well as his reading of Rousseau's revision of this myth, as paradigms of generational conflict and the kibbutz's logic of moral order. These interpretations are tied to Evens's detailed discussion of a controversial attempt to introduce secret balloting into a particular kibbutz's directly democratic process.
Two Kinds of Rationality distinguishes between instrumental and mythic rationality, picturing the latter as a value rationality. Projecting reality as basically ambiguous, Evens offers a critique of theoretical approaches to social action and a rethinking of contemporary notions of human agency. This revolutionary theoretical work will appeal to social and political theorists, anthropologists, and students of cultural studies, social movements, and Jewish studies.
T. M. S. Evens is professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the author of numerous articles and coeditor of Transcendence in Society: Case Studies (1990), a comparative study of social movements.
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