A Companion to Moral Anthropology
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A Companion to Moral Anthropology is the first collective consideration of the anthropological dimensions of morals, morality, and ethics. Original essays by international experts explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in this important new discipline, examining topics such as the ethnography of moralities, the study of moral subjectivities, and the exploration of moral economies.
Investigates the central legacies of moral anthropology, the formation of moral facts and values, the context of local moralities, and the frontiers between moralities, politics, humanitarianism
Features contributions from pioneers in the field of moral anthropology, as well as international experts in related fields such as moral philosophy, moral psychology, evolutionary biology and neuroethics
Specificaties
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<p>Introduction: Toward a Critical Moral Anthropology 1<br /> Didier Fassin</p>
<p>Part I Legacies 19</p>
<p>1 Durkheim and the Moral Fact 21<br /> Bruno Karsenti</p>
<p>2 Weber and Practical Ethics 37<br /> Isabelle Kalinowski</p>
<p>3 E. P. Thompson and Moral Economies 49<br /> Marc Edelman</p>
<p>4 Foucault and the Genealogy of Ethics 67<br /> James D . Faubion</p>
<p>5 Relativism and Universalism 85<br /> Richard A. Shweder</p>
<p>6 Anthropology and Ethics 103<br /> Carolyn Fluehr–Lobban</p>
<p>Part II Approaches 115</p>
<p>7 Cultural Values 117<br /> Joel Robbins</p>
<p>8 Ordinary Ethics 133<br /> Veena Das</p>
<p>9 Moral Sentiments 150<br /> C . Jason Throop</p>
<p>10 Moral Reasoning 169<br /> Karen M . Sykes</p>
<p>11 Virtue 186<br /> Thomas Widlok</p>
<p>12 Narratives 204<br /> Jarrett Zigon</p>
<p>Part III Localities 221</p>
<p>13 Ethics and Piety 223<br /> Saba Mahmood</p>
<p>14 Care and Disregard 242<br /> João Biehl</p>
<p>15 Mourning 264<br /> Everett Yuehong Zhang</p>
<p>16 Poverty 283<br /> Harri Englund</p>
<p>17 Inequality 302<br /> Caroline Humphrey</p>
<p>18 Sexuality 320<br /> Stacy Leigh Pigg</p>
<p>Part IV Worlds 339</p>
<p>19 Religion and Morality 341<br /> Michael Lambek</p>
<p>20 Charity 359<br /> Jonathan Benthall</p>
<p>21 Medicine 376<br /> Adriana Petryna</p>
<p>22 Science 395<br /> Michael M . J . Fischer</p>
<p>23 Finance 413<br /> Karen Ho</p>
<p>24 Law 432<br /> Carol J. Greenhouse</p>
<p>Part V Politics 449</p>
<p>25 Humanitarianism 451<br /> Peter Redfield</p>
<p>26 Human Rights 468<br /> Mark Goodale</p>
<p>27 War 482<br /> Catherine Lutz and Kathleen Millar</p>
<p>28 Violence 500<br /> Alexander Hinton</p>
<p>29 Punishment 519<br /> Roger Lancaster</p>
<p>30 Borders 540<br /> Josiah M. Heyman and John Symons</p>
<p>Part VI Dialogues 559</p>
<p>31 Moral Philosophy 561<br /> Kwame Anthony Appiah</p>
<p>32 Moral Psychology 578<br /> James Dungan and Liane Young</p>
<p>33 Neuroethics 595<br /> Massimo Reichlin</p>
<p>34 Evolutionary and Cognitive Anthropology 611<br /> Nicolas Baumard and Dan Sperber</p>
<p>Index of Names 628</p>
<p>Subject Index 641</p>

