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• Title:A companion to moral anthropology / edited by Didier Fassin.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Fassin, Didier.
  Ebooks Corporation.
  
• Published/Created:Chichester ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
  

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  • Call Number: GN27
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Anthropological ethics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  
• Subject(s):Electronic books.
  
• Description:1 online resource ; cm.
  
• Series:Blackwell companions to anthropology ; 20.
  
• Summary:"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. Represents the first collection to provide a broad picture of a new field of research, moral anthropology, that includes 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 "-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
  
• ISBN:9781118290620 (electronic bk.)
  1118290623 (electronic bk.)
  9780470656457 (hardback)
  9781118290590 (e-book)
  9781118290613 (electronic bk.)
  1118290615 (electronic bk.)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Legacies
  1. Durkheim and the Moral Fact / Bruno Karsenti
  2. Weber and Practical Ethics / Isabelle Kalinowski
  3. E. P. Thompson and Moral Economics / Marc Edelman
  4. Foucault and the Genealogy of Ethics / James D. Faubion
  5. Relativism and Universalism / Richard A. Shweder
  6. Anthropology and Ethics / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
  2. Approaches
  7. Cultural Values / Joel Robbins
  8. Ordinary Ethics / Veena Das
  9. Moral Sentiments / C. Jason Throop
  10. Moral Reasoning / Karen M. Sykes
  11. Virtue / Thomas Widlok
  12. Narratives / Jarrett Zigon
  3. Localities
  13. Ethics and Piety / Saba Mahmood
  14. Care and Disregard / Joao Biehl
  15. Mourning / Everett Yuehong Zhang
  16. Poverty / Harri Englund
  17. Inequality / Caroline Humphrey
  18. Sexuality / Stacy Leigh Pigg
  4. Worlds
  19. Religion and Morality / Michael Lambek
  20. Charity / Jonathan Benthall
  21. Medicine / Adriana Petryna
  22. Science / Michael M. J. Fischer
  23. Finance / Karen Ho
  24. Law / Carol J. Greenhouse
  5. Politics
  25. Humanitarianism / Peter Redfield
  26. Human Rights / Mark Goodale
  27. War / Kathleen Millar
  28. Violence / Alexander Hinton
  29. Punishment / Roger Lancaster
  30. Borders / John Symons
  6. Dialogues
  31. Moral Philosophy / Kwame Anthony Appiah
  32. Moral Psychology / Liane Young
  33. Neuroethics / Massimo Reichlin
  34. Evolutionary and Cognitive Anthropology / Dan Sperber.