"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
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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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