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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Über den Autor
James Laidlaw is Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology and Fellow of King's College at the University of Cambridge.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781107697317
ISBN-10: 110769731X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Laidlaw, James
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: James Laidlaw
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2015
Gewicht: 0,396 kg
Artikel-ID: 105881373