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F. G. Bailey - The Saving Lie. Truth and Method in the Social Sciences.  - 9780812237306 - V9780812237306
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The Saving Lie. Truth and Method in the Social Sciences.

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Description for The Saving Lie. Truth and Method in the Social Sciences. Hardback. Explores the distinction between selflessness and self-interestedness, between acting for one's own advantage and acting, even when disadvantageous, for reasons of duty or conscience. This book aims to show that both versions are convenient fictions, with instrumental rather than ontological significance - they are not about truth but about power. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500.

This book explores the distinction between selflessness and self-interestedness, between acting for one's own advantage and acting, even when disadvantageous, for reasons of duty or conscience. This apparently straightforward contrast (exemplified in the difference between rational-choice models in economics and holistic models in social anthropology) is a source of confusion. This is so, F. G. Bailey argues, because people polarize and essentialize both actors and actions and uphold one or the other side of the contrast as concrete reality, as the truth about how the social world works. The task of The Saving Lie is to show that both versions ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812237306
SKU
V9780812237306
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99-15

About F. G. Bailey
F. G. Bailey is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, and author of many books, most recently The Civility of Indifference, The Need for Enemies, and Treasons, Stratagems and Spoils.

Reviews for The Saving Lie. Truth and Method in the Social Sciences.
"Ambitious, erudite, well worth a read."-Journal of Anthropological Research

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