ISSN:
0014-1844
Language:
English
Titel der Quelle:
Ethnos : journal of anthropology
Publ. der Quelle:
London : Routledge
Angaben zur Quelle:
Vol. 80, No. 1 (2015), p. 91-116
DDC:
390
Abstract:
This paper explores an understanding of the person in terms of practical reason. Based on my fieldwork among the Jenu Kurumba and on ethnographic data on four other communities, I analyse how these five communities conceptualise the ethical person. To understand these concepts, I consult studies of an anthropology of ethics concerned with practical reason. Additionally I draw on Charles Taylor's concept of the 'agent plus' and Alasdair MacIntyre's notion of the 'practical reasoner'. I argue that both Neo-Aristotelian notions are fundamentally important for understanding the concepts of the ethical person among the five cultural formations investigated in this paper.
Note:
Copyright: © 2013 Taylor & Francis 2013
DOI:
10.1080/00141844.2013.817461
URL:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00141844.2013.817461
