ISBN:
9781139236232
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (x, 258 pages)
Series Statement:
New departures in anthropology
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Erscheint auch als
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DDC:
306.4
Keywords:
Anthropological ethics
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Anthropologie
;
Ethik
;
Anthropologie
;
Ethik
Abstract:
The anthropology of ethics has become an important and fast-growing field in recent years. This book argues that it represents not just a new subfield within anthropology but a conceptual renewal of the discipline as a whole, enabling it to take account of a major dimension of human conduct which social theory has so far failed adequately to address. An ideal introduction for students and researchers in anthropology and related human sciences. • Shows how ethical concepts such as virtue, character, freedom and responsibility may be incorporated into anthropological analysis • Surveys the history of anthropology's engagement with morality • Examines the relevance for anthropology of two major philosophical approaches to moral life
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Beyond the science of unfreedom; 2. Virtue ethics: philosophy with an ethnographic stance?; 3. Foucault's genealogy and the undefined work of freedom; 4. The 'question of freedom' in anthropology; 5. Taking responsibility seriously; 6. Endnote: the reluctant cannibal
Note:
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139236232
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https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139236232
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https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139236232
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