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An Anthropology of Ethics (Paperback) Loot Price: R800
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An Anthropology of Ethics (Paperback): James D. Faubion

An Anthropology of Ethics (Paperback)

James D. Faubion

Series: New Departures in Anthropology

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Through an ambitious and critical revision of Michel Foucault's investigation of ethics, James Faubion develops an original program of empirical inquiry into the ethical domain. From an anthropological perspective, Faubion argues that Foucault's specification of the analytical parameters of this domain is the most productive point of departure in conceptualizing its distinctive features. He further argues that Foucault's framework is in need of substantial revision to be of genuinely anthropological scope. In making this revision, Faubion illustrates his program with two extended case studies: one of a Portuguese marquis and the other of a dual subject made up of the author and a millenarian prophetess. The result is a conceptual apparatus that is able to accommodate ethical pluralism and yield an account of the limits of ethical variation, providing a novel resolution of the problem of relativism that has haunted anthropological inquiry into ethics since its inception.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: New Departures in Anthropology
Release date: April 2011
First published: 2011
Authors: James D. Faubion
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-18195-2
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN: 0-521-18195-X
Barcode: 9780521181952

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