D. L. D'Avray

Rationalities in History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The distinguished historian David d'Avray applies seminal Weberian ideas to the comparative history of religion and the philosophy of law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 423g
• ISBN-13: 9780521199209
• ISBN-10: 0521199204
• Artikelnr.: 30882117

Autorenporträt

D. L. d'Avray is Professor of Medieval History at University College London. A fellow of the British Academy since 2005, d'Avray has published widely on his research interests in medieval history.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Universal and specific rationalities
2. The structure of values and convictions
3. The dynamics of values and convictions
4. The value-instrumental interface
5. Formal rationality
6. The formal-substantive interface
Conclusions
Appendix: Rationalities in a case before the congregation of the council.

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Introduction
1. Universal and specific rationalities
2. The structure of values and convictions
3. The dynamics of values and convictions
4. The value-instrumental interface
5. Formal rationality
6. The formal-substantive interface
Conclusions
Appendix: Rationalities in a case before the congregation of the council

Rezensionen

'In this carefully crafted volume, D. L. d'Avray offers a strong argument about how various rationalities can be found in history and in populations around the world. By doing so, he discredits the association of formal rationality with modernity, and claims that instrumental reasoning is a human universal.' Raul Acosta, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute