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Moral anthropology : a critical reader / edited by Didier Fassin, Samuel Lézé.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: xii, 386 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415627265
  • 9780415627269
  • 0415627273
  • 9780415627276
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301 23
LOC classification:
  • GN33.6 .M67 2014
Contents:
Introduction: The Moral Question in Anthropology -- -- Part I. Foundations -- Legacies of Moral Philosophies -- Premises of a Science of Morality -- -- Part II. Positions -- The Location of the Moral -- Ethical Relativism in Question -- -- Part III. Descriptions -- Local Ethics -- Moral Economies -- -- Part IV. Confrontations -- Critical Situations -- Practical Tensions -- -- Part V. Prescriptions -- Moralizing the World? -- Codifying the Discipline? -- -- Conclusion: Towards an Hauntology of the Moral Question.
Summary: "This Reader is an essential resource for students and scholars interested in the anthropology of morality. The collection includes classical and more recent material, carefully chosen to provide a critical and historical overview of an important and developing field. The selections are contextualized with lucid editorial material, including a substantial introduction"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The Moral Question in Anthropology -- -- Part I. Foundations -- Legacies of Moral Philosophies -- Premises of a Science of Morality -- -- Part II. Positions -- The Location of the Moral -- Ethical Relativism in Question -- -- Part III. Descriptions -- Local Ethics -- Moral Economies -- -- Part IV. Confrontations -- Critical Situations -- Practical Tensions -- -- Part V. Prescriptions -- Moralizing the World? -- Codifying the Discipline? -- -- Conclusion: Towards an Hauntology of the Moral Question.

"This Reader is an essential resource for students and scholars interested in the anthropology of morality. The collection includes classical and more recent material, carefully chosen to provide a critical and historical overview of an important and developing field. The selections are contextualized with lucid editorial material, including a substantial introduction"--Provided by publisher.

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