Readings

• Wesley Longhofer and Daniel Winchester. 2019. Social Theory re-wired (2^nd edition). Pine Forge Press. Pp 482-493 (Goffman, ‘The presentation of self in everyday life’)
• John Elster. 1990. When rationality fails. pp 19-47 in K Cook and M Levi (eds) The Limits of Rationality. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. In Canvas.

Optional (but very interesting):

• Clifford Geertz. 1973. The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays. New York: Basic Books (pp 412-53, ‘Deep play: Notes on a Balinese Cockfight‘).
• Marvin Harris. 1979. The origins of pristine states (chapter 7 in Cannibals and Kings: The Origins of Cultures). In Canvas.

Lecture pages

• Rational choices?

Video

• Geertz, culture and Balinese cockfights
• Alberto Alemanno. 2015. On (ir)rationality in decision making. Jan 15, TEDxTalks.