Author: Lale Yalçın-Heckmann
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 180073235X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The idea of a moral economy has been explored and assessed in numerous disciplines. The anthropological studies in this volume provide a new perspective to this idea by showing how the relations of workers, employees and employers, and of firms, families and households are interwoven with local notions of moralities. From concepts of individual autonomy, kinship obligations, to ways of expressing mutuality or creativity, moral values exert an unrealized influence, and these often produce more consent than resistance or outrage.
Morality, Crisis and Capitalism
Author: Jean-Paul Baldacchino
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1800736126
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
'May you live in interesting times’ was made famous by Sir Austen Chamberlain. The premise is that ‘interesting times’ are times of upheaval, conflict and insecurity - troubled times. With the growing numbers of displaced populations and the rise in the politics of fear and hate, we are facing challenges to our very ‘species-being’. Papers in the volume include ethnographic studies on the ‘refugee crisis’, the ‘financial crisis’ and the ‘rule of law crisis' in the Mediterranean as well as the crisis of violence and hunger in South America.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1800736126
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
'May you live in interesting times’ was made famous by Sir Austen Chamberlain. The premise is that ‘interesting times’ are times of upheaval, conflict and insecurity - troubled times. With the growing numbers of displaced populations and the rise in the politics of fear and hate, we are facing challenges to our very ‘species-being’. Papers in the volume include ethnographic studies on the ‘refugee crisis’, the ‘financial crisis’ and the ‘rule of law crisis' in the Mediterranean as well as the crisis of violence and hunger in South America.
The Anthropology of Morality
Author: Monica Heintz
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367621964
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367621964
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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.
Engaging Evil
Author: William C. Olsen
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1789202140
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Anthropologists have expressed wariness about the concept of evil even in discussions of morality and ethics, in part because the concept carries its own cultural baggage and theological implications in Euro-American societies. Addressing the problem of evil as a distinctly human phenomenon and a category of ethnographic analysis, this volume shows the usefulness of engaging evil as a descriptor of empirical reality where concepts such as violence, criminality, and hatred fall short of capturing the darkest side of human existence.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1789202140
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Anthropologists have expressed wariness about the concept of evil even in discussions of morality and ethics, in part because the concept carries its own cultural baggage and theological implications in Euro-American societies. Addressing the problem of evil as a distinctly human phenomenon and a category of ethnographic analysis, this volume shows the usefulness of engaging evil as a descriptor of empirical reality where concepts such as violence, criminality, and hatred fall short of capturing the darkest side of human existence.
Moral Economy at Work
Author: Lale Yalçın-Heckmann
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 180073235X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The idea of a moral economy has been explored and assessed in numerous disciplines. The anthropological studies in this volume provide a new perspective to this idea by showing how the relations of workers, employees and employers, and of firms, families and households are interwoven with local notions of moralities. From concepts of individual autonomy, kinship obligations, to ways of expressing mutuality or creativity, moral values exert an unrealized influence, and these often produce more consent than resistance or outrage.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 180073235X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The idea of a moral economy has been explored and assessed in numerous disciplines. The anthropological studies in this volume provide a new perspective to this idea by showing how the relations of workers, employees and employers, and of firms, families and households are interwoven with local notions of moralities. From concepts of individual autonomy, kinship obligations, to ways of expressing mutuality or creativity, moral values exert an unrealized influence, and these often produce more consent than resistance or outrage.
Moral Anthropology
Author: Didier Fassin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415627269
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This Reader is an essential resource for students and scholars interested in the anthropology of morality. The collection includes classical and more recent material, carefully chosen to provide a critical and historical overview of an important and developing field. The selections are contextualized with lucid editorial material, including a substantial introduction.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415627269
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This Reader is an essential resource for students and scholars interested in the anthropology of morality. The collection includes classical and more recent material, carefully chosen to provide a critical and historical overview of an important and developing field. The selections are contextualized with lucid editorial material, including a substantial introduction.
A Companion to Moral Anthropology
Author: Didier Fassin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118959507
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
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
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118959507
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
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
The Anthropology of Moralities
Author: Monica Heintz
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1845459385
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Anthropologists have been keenly aware of the tension between cultural relativism and absolute norms, and nowhere has this been more acute than with regards to moral values. Can we study the Other’s morality without applying our own normative judgments? How do social anthropologists keep both the distance required by science and the empathy required for the analysis of lived experiences? The plurality of moralities has not received an explicit and focused attention until recently, when accelerated globalization often resulted in the collision of different value systems. Observing, describing and assessing values cross-culturally, the authors propose various methodological approaches to the study of moralities, illustrated with rich ethnographic accounts, thus offering a valuable guide for students of anthropology, sociology and cultural studies and for professionals concerned with the empirical and cross-cultural study of values.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1845459385
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Anthropologists have been keenly aware of the tension between cultural relativism and absolute norms, and nowhere has this been more acute than with regards to moral values. Can we study the Other’s morality without applying our own normative judgments? How do social anthropologists keep both the distance required by science and the empathy required for the analysis of lived experiences? The plurality of moralities has not received an explicit and focused attention until recently, when accelerated globalization often resulted in the collision of different value systems. Observing, describing and assessing values cross-culturally, the authors propose various methodological approaches to the study of moralities, illustrated with rich ethnographic accounts, thus offering a valuable guide for students of anthropology, sociology and cultural studies and for professionals concerned with the empirical and cross-cultural study of values.
Economics and Morality
Author: Society for Economic Anthropology (U.S.). Meeting
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780759112025
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
In Economics and Morality, the authors seek to illuminate the multiple kinds of analyses relating morality and economic behavior in particular kinds of economic systems.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780759112025
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
In Economics and Morality, the authors seek to illuminate the multiple kinds of analyses relating morality and economic behavior in particular kinds of economic systems.
Freedom and Anthropology in Kant's Moral Philosophy
Author: Patrick R. Frierson
Publisher:
ISBN: 0521184355
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A comprehensive account of Kant's theory of freedom and his moral anthropology.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0521184355
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A comprehensive account of Kant's theory of freedom and his moral anthropology.
Anthropology and Development
Author: Emma Crewe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107005922
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
An exploration of anthropological perspectives on the cultures, moralities and politics of the world of aid and development.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107005922
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
An exploration of anthropological perspectives on the cultures, moralities and politics of the world of aid and development.