Rationality, edited by Bryan R. Wilson
Oxford: Blackwell, 1970. 1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #355005
ISBN: 0631119302
Physical description: xviii, 275 pages; 23 cm. Contents: A sociologist's introduction / B. R. Wilson -- The idea of a social science / P. Winch -- Concepts and society / E. Gellner -- Explaining cargo cults / I. C. Jarvie -- Is understanding religion compatible with believing? / A. MacIntyre -- Understanding a primitive society / P. Winch -- The idea of a social science / A. MacIntyre -- African traditional thought and Western science / R. Horton -- The problem of the rationality of magic / I. C. Jarvie and J. Agassi -- Some problems about rationality / S. Lukes -- The limits of irrationality / M. Hollis -- Reason and ritual / M. Hollis -- On understanding ritual / J. H. M. Beattie. Subjects: Intercultural communication. Knowledge, Sociology of.
Social sciences Rationality in. Social sciences Philosophy. Ethnology Methodology.
Price: €28.00