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This book, first published in 1979, is composed of studies in a descending sequence from perfect rationality, through imperfect and problematical rationality, to irrationality. Specifically human rationality is characterized by its capacity to relate strategically to the future, in contrast to the myopic 'gradient climbing' of natural selection.
This provocative book argues that, very often, people may benefit from being constrained in their options or from being ignorant. The three long essays that constitute this book revise and expand the ideas developed in Jon Elster's classic study Ulysses and the Sirens. It is not simply a new edition of the earlier book though; many of the issues merely touched on before are explored here in much more detail. Elster shows how seemingly disparate examples which limit freedom of action reveal similar patterns, so much so that he proposes a new field of study: constraint theory. The book is written in Elster's characteristically vivid style and will interest professionals and students in philosophy, political science, psychology, and economics.
Judith Perraino investigates how music has been used throughout history to call into question norms of gender and sexuality. Beginning with an examination of the mythology surrounding the Sirens, she goes on to consider musical creatures, gods, humans and music-addled listeners.
Describes the origins of the sirens, half-women, half-birds, who lured sailors to their deaths with their irresistible voices, and relates their encounter with Ulysses.
This book investigates the nature of aesthetic experience with the help of ancient material, exploring our responses to both narratives and images.
Tanglewood Tales is a collection of famous Greek myths beautifully retold and adapted for young readers. The collection includes six tales: the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, the myth of Antaeus and the Pygmies, the myth of the Dragon's Teeth, the myth of Circe's Palace, the myth of the Pomegranate Seed, the myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece. This edition features color illustrations by Edmund Dulac.