Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 546 g
An Anthropology of Ethics and Freedom
Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 546 g
Reihe: New Departures in Anthropology
ISBN: 978-1-107-02846-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
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
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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.
