Recovering the Human Subject : Freedom, Creativity and Decision (Hardcover)

1. Introduction: freedom, creativity, and decision in recovering human subject Barbara Bodenhorn, Martin Holbraad and James Laidlaw; 2. Reassembling individual subjects: events and decisions in troubled times Caroline Humphrey; Part I. Decision: 3. On singularity and the event: further reflections on the ordinary Veena Das; 4. Apathy and revolution: temporal sensibilities in contemporary Mongolia Lars Højer; 5. Apparitions of the Virgin Mary as decision-events Agnieszka Halemba; Part II. Freedom: 6. Incidental connections: freedom and urban life in Mongolia Morten Axel Pedersen; 7. The return to slavery? Nostalgia and a new generation of escape in Southwest China Katherine Swancutt (??林) and Jiarimuji (嘉日姆?); Part III. Creativity: 8. Paradoxical pedagogies and humanist double binds Matei Candea; 9. Where in the world are values? Exemplarity, morality, and social process Joel Robbins.