The self as risk taker: a cultural theory of contagion in relation to AIDS |
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Authors: | Mary Douglas Marcel Calvez |
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Affiliation: | 22 Hiltway, London N66QA |
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Abstract: | Some people are prepared to take high risks with their lives and those of others. Should this be surprising? Is it more normal to be risk-taking? Or risk averse? The argument below will be that the risk taking facet and the risk-averse facet of the personality each emerges in the course of a public debate on freedom and control. It is not psychology but anthropology that shows how the community forces sharp and clear ideas about the self upon its members. |
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