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How Things Count as the Same

Adam B. Seligman , Robert P. Weller

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?...

Religion and Charity

Lizhu Fan , C. Julia Huang , Robert P. Weller , Keping Wu

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...

Rethinking Pluralism

Adam B. Seligman , Robert P. Weller

Ritual and Its Consequences

Michael J , Adam B. Seligman , Simon , Robert P. Weller

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"...

Ritual and Its Consequences

Michael J , Adam B. Seligman , Simon , Robert P. Weller

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"...