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The Anthropology of Intentions - Language in a World of Others (Paperback)
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The Anthropology of Intentions - Language in a World of Others (Paperback)
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How and to what extent do people take into account the intentions
of others? Alessandro Duranti sets out to answer this question,
showing that the role of intentions in human interaction is
variable across cultures and contexts. Through careful analysis of
data collected over three decades in US and Pacific societies,
Duranti demonstrates that, in some communities, social actors avoid
intentional discourse, focusing on the consequences of actions
rather than on their alleged original goals. In other cases, he
argues, people do speculate about their own intentions or guess the
intentions of others, including in some societies where it was
previously assumed they avoid doing so. To account for such
variation, Duranti proposes an 'intentional continuum', a concept
that draws from phenomenology and the detailed analysis of
face-to-face interaction. A combination of new essays and classic
re-evaluations, the book draws together findings from anthropology,
linguistics and philosophy to offer a penetrating account of the
role of intentions in defining human action.
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