Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738188508
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738188508
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The Anthropology of Morality
Author: Monica HeintzPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000334724
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Why, when and where are some moral systems supported and followed whilst others are condemned? Are moral values culturally relative or universal? Can immoral actions be tolerated in times of crisis? Is the dream of becoming better sufficient for prompting virtuous behavior, or should we dream about what is best? Do moral values last? The divergence in practices and codes of moral belief and action present significant challenges but also offer opportunities to anthropologists for understanding social life. In this book, Monica Heintz explores these questions, drawing on case studies from Eastern Europe that encompass migration, religion, economic and social policies and paying particular attention to the way morality works in communities undergoing rapid social change. She uses these examples to reflect on the wider question of societal conflict and change, showing how they are driven by moral values. By highlighting the centrality of such values as engines for action and questioning the limits of universal moral values, she argues that anthropology has the capacity to shed light on the study of human morality more generally. The Anthropology of Morality: A Dynamic and Interactionist Approach will be of interest to students and researchers in anthropology, as well as those in politics and sociology with an interest in European politics.
On Joachim Jungius’ Texturæ Contemplatio
Author: Michael FriedmanPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031408810
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The book offers an analysis of Joachim Jungius’ Texturæ Contemplatio - a hitherto-unpublished manuscript written in German and Latin that deals with weaving, knitting and other textile practices, attempting to present as well various fabrics and textile techniques in a scientifical and even mathematical framework. The book aims to provide the epistemological, technical and historic framework for Jungius’ manuscript, inspecting fabrics, weaving techniques as well as looms and other textile machines in Holy Roman Empire during the Early Modern Period. It also offers a unique investigation of the notion and metaphor of ‘texture’ during this period, and explores, within the wider context of the ‘meeting’ or ‘trading zones’ thesis, the relations between artisans and natural philosophers during the 17th century. The book is of interest to historians of philosophy and mathematics, as well as historians of technology.
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Author: Publisher: Editura Lumen
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Recalling Fieldwork
Author: Raluca MateocPublisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643802471
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
The volume addresses reflections on the social conditions in which anthropological research in Eastern European countries under and after socialism was conducted. Methodological commonalities and differences for anthropologists coming from specific academic traditions and political contexts are revealed through fresh reflections on the everyday fieldwork. Institutional settings of the 70s and 80s, challenges in entering the field or engagement with the needs and desires of the studied subjects come out of this web of reflections. While some authors recall fieldwork based in single countries, others recall journeys though multi-sited ethnographies.
The Technical Corps Between France and Italy, 1750–1814
Author: Lorenzo CuccoliPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031682254
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Human-Environment Relations
Author: Emily BradyPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400728247
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
This fresh and innovative approach to human-environmental relations will revolutionise our understanding of the boundaries between ourselves and the environment we inhabit. The anthology is predicated on the notion that values shift back and forth between humans and the world around them in an ethical communicative zone called ‘value-space’. The contributors examine the transformative interplay between external environments and human values, and identify concrete ways in which these norms, residing in and derived from self and society, are projected onto the environment.
In Thrall to Political Change
Author: Malcolm AndersonPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199693641
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
This first history of the French police and gendarmerie explores the relations between the police and the public, and the place of the police in the political order. Based on archival material, Malcolm Anderson explores dramatic and often harrowing developments which have made policing in France troubled and controversial.
L'épreuve de synthèse en anglais
Author: Patrick ChézaudPublisher: Editions Bréal
ISBN: 9782842918910
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Invisible Archaeologies: Hidden Aspects of Daily Life in Ancient Egypt and Nubia
Author: Loretta KilroePublisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789693764
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
The eight papers presented here stem from a conference held in Oxford in 2017 which brought together international early-career researchers applying novel archaeological and anthropological methods to ‘overlooked’ subjects in ancient Egypt and Nubia. The diverse topics covered include women, prisoners, entangled communities and funerary displays.
