Moral Anthropology

A Critical Reader
Herausgeber: Fassin, Didier; Lézé, Samuel

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 175mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780415627276
• ISBN-10: 0415627273
• Artikelnr.: 39076956

Autorenporträt

Didier Fassin is the James D. Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. Samuel Lézé is an Assistant Professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Lyon.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Moral Question in Anthropology Part One: Foundations
Legacies of Moral Philosophies. Premises of a Science of Morality Part Two:
Positions The Location of the Moral. Ethical Relativism in Question Part
Three: Descriptions Local Ethics. Moral Economies Part Four: Confrontations
Borderline Situations. Practical Tensions Part Five: Prescriptions
Moralizing the World? Codifying the Discipline? Conclusion: Towards an
Hauntology of the Moral Question.