The subject of virtue : an anthropology of ethics and freedom
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The subject of virtue : an anthropology of ethics and freedom
（New departures in anthropology）
Cambridge University Press, 2014
- : pbk
- : hardback
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-253) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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