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OverviewThis book presents a unique approach to person-centered anthropology, providing a new form of practice theory that incorporates and explains sources of cultural change. Built around the learning and use of autobiographical narrative forms, it draws from, and expands on, phenomenological, psychological, and moral anthropological traditions. The author draws on extensive original fieldwork in Thailand to explore questions including: how Buddhism has dealt with the appearance of global capitalism; and why some Thais continue to pursue nirvana-oriented Buddhist practices when karma-oriented reward-systems seem to be more satisfying as a whole. Where previous person-centered ethnographies have explored the ways in which social forces cause individuals to conform to cultural norms, this work advances the analysis by focusing on how ideas are transmitted from individuals to into wider society. This book will provide fresh insights of particular interest to psychological, phenomenological and narrative anthropologists; as well as to researchers working in the fields of religious and Asian studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Steven Grant CarlislePublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2020 Weight: 0.519kg ISBN: 9783030495473ISBN 10: 3030495477 Pages: 281 Publication Date: 29 July 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Beyond Conformity: An Anthropology of Empathy and Problem Solving for Understanding Complex LivesPart I: Narratives that Construct Linguistic RealitiesChapter 2: How Do Shared Languages Create Personal Narratives?Chapter 3: How Do Stories Create Human Worlds?Chapter 4: How Are Differing Personal Realities Shared?Part II: Languages that Shape Thai WorldsChapter 5: The Kohn and the Language of Social ObligationChapter 6: Why Nirvana? The Manut and the Language of SolitudeChapter 7: Trans-National Solutions to a Local Problem: The Human Natures of Buddhist ConsumersChapter 8: The Meanings in LivesReviewsAuthor InformationSteven Grant Carlisle is Lecturer in Anthropology at California State University at San Marcos, USA. Dr. Carlisle specializes in anthropology of religion, psychological anthropology, and the study of narratives. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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