Nicholas J. (Hrsg.) Long

The Social Life of Achievement

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What happens when people achieve? Why do reactions to achievement vary so profoundly? And how might an anthropological study of achievement and its consequences allow us to develop a more nuanced model of the motivated agency that operates in the social world? These questions lie at the heart of this volume. Drawing on research from Southeast Asia, Europe, the United States, and Latin America, this collection develops an innovative framework for explaining achievement's multiple effects-one which brings together cutting-edge theoretical insights into politics, psychology, ethics, materiality, aurality, embodiment, affect and narrative. In do… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Moore, Henrietta L. (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-78238-221-8
EAN: 9781782382218
Produktnummer: 20450274
Verlag: Berghahn Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 248 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 9'030 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Reihenbandnummer: 2

Über den Autor

Henrietta L. Moore is Director of the Institute for Global Prosperity, University College London where she is also Chair of Culture, Philosophy and Design. Among her recent books is Still Life: Hopes, Desires and Satisfactions (Polity Press, 2011).