nondualism and the conduct of sacrifice Evens, T. M. S. creator text bibliography nyu New York Berghahn Books 2008 monographic eng

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xxiv, 392 p. ; 24 cm. Nondualism, ontology, and anthropology -- Anthropology and the synthetic a priori: Wittgenstein and Merleau-Ponty -- Blind faith and the binding of Isaac: the Akedah -- Excursus I: sacrifice as human existence -- Counter-sacrifice and instrumental reason: the Holocaust -- Bourdieu's anti-dualism and "generalized materialism" -- Habermas's anti-dualism and "communicative rationality" -- Technological efficacy, mythic rationality, and non-contradiction -- Epistemic efficacy, mythic rationality, and non-contradiction -- Contradiction and choice among the Dinka and in Genesis -- Contradiction in Azande oracular practice and in psychotherapeutic interaction -- Epistemic and ethical gain -- Transcending dualism and amplifying choice -- Excursus II: what good, ethics? -- Anthropology and the generative primacy of moral order -- Conclusion: Emancipatory selfhood and value-rationality. T.M.S. Evens. Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-375) and index. Ethics Dualism Sacrifice Anthropology Philosophy BJ1031 .E94 2008 301.01 EVE/A 1845452240 9781845452247 2006100541 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip076/2006100541.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip076/2006100541.html DLC 061205 20250702151825.0 14656139