| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 219 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Masterclass series ; volume 3
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Masterclass series (Chicago (Ill.)) ; v. 3.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Living as if it mattered / Michael Lambeck -- 2. What does ordinary ethics look like? / Veena Das -- 3. Varieties of ethical stance / Webb Keane -- 4. Troubled waters. At the confluence of ethics and politics / Didier Fassin. |
| Summary |
Anthropology has recently seen a lively interest in the subject of ethics and comparative notions of morality and freedom. This masterclass brings together four of the most eminent anthropologists working in this field--Michael Lambek, Veena Das, Didier Fassin, and Webb Keane--to discuss, via lectures and responses, important topics facing anthropological ethics and the theoretical debates that surround it. The authors explore the ways we understand morality across many different cultural settings, asking questions such as: How do we recognize the ethical in different ethnographic worlds? What constitutes agency and awareness in everyday life? What might an anthropology of ordinary ethics look like? And what happens when ethics approaches the political in both Western and non-Western societies. Contrasting perspectives and methods- and yet in complimentary ways- this masterclass will serve as an essential guide for how an anthropology of ethics can be formulated in the twenty-first century. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethics -- Anthropological aspects.
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Ethics -- Anthropological aspects. |
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy. |
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PHILOSOPHY -- Social. |
| Added Author |
Das, Veena, author.
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Fassin, Didier, author.
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Keane, Webb, 1955- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lambek, Michael. Four lectures on ethics. Chicago, IL : Hau Books, [2015] 9780990505075 (DLC) 2015952085 (OCoLC)905524342 |
| ISBN |
9781912808083 (electronic book) |
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1912808080 (electronic book) |
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9780990505075 |
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0990505073 |
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