Robert P Weller: 3 books
How Things Count as the Same
Memory, Mimesis, and Metaphor
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
In their third book together, Adam B. Seligman and Robert P. Weller address a seemingly simple question: What counts as the same? Given the myriad differences that divide one individual from another, why do we recognize anyone as somehow sharing a common fate with us? For that matter, how do we live...
Ritual and Its Consequences
An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2008
This pioneering, interdisciplinary work shows how rituals allow us to live in a perennially imperfect world. Drawing on a variety of cultural settings, the authors utilize psychoanalytic and anthropological perspectives to describe how ritual--like play--creates "as if" worlds, rooted in...
Religion and Charity
The Social Life of Goodness in Chinese Societies
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Free markets alone do not work effectively to solve certain kinds of human problems, such as education, old age care, or disaster relief. Nor have markets ever been the sole solution to the psychological challenges of death, suffering, or injustice. Instead, we find a major role for the non-market...