Why Do We Do What We Do? Motivation in History and the Social Sciences

Why we do what we do is a matter of great interest to everyone, and everyone seems to have had their say about it – philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists, psychologists, economists, and historians perhaps the most, case by case. Occasionally the specialists have offered their ideas to a genera...

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Main Author: MacMullen, Ramsay
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