ISBN:
0203633679
,
9780203633670
,
9780415296434
,
0415296439
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiv, 235 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ethics of anthropology
DDC:
174/.9301
Keywords:
Anthropologues Déontologie
;
Anthropological ethics
;
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Business Ethics
;
Anthropological ethics
;
Culturele antropologie
;
Ethiek
;
Electronic book
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Since the inception of their discipline, anthropologists have studied virtually every conceivable aspect of other peoples' morality - religion, social control, sin, virtue, evil, duty, purity and pollution. But what of the examination of anthropology itself, and of its agendas, epistemes, theories and praxes? In 1991, Raymond Firth spoke of social anthropology as an essentially moral discipline. Is such a view outmoded in a postmodern era? Do anthropological ethics have to be re-thought each generation as the conditions of the discipline change, and as choices collide with moral alternativ
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
