The Anthropology of Morality in Melanesia and Beyond (Hardcover, New Ed)

The Anthropology of Morality in Melanesia and Beyond examines how Melanesians experience and deal with moral dilemmas and challenges. Taking Kenelm Burridge's seminal work as their starting point, the contributors focus upon public situations and types of people that exemplify key ethical contradictions for members of moral communities. While returning to some classical concerns, such as the roles of big men and sorcerers, the book opens new territory with richly textured ethnographic studies and theoretical reviews that explore the interface between the values associated with indigenous village life and the ethical orientations associated with Christianity, the state, the marketplace, and other facets of 'modernity'. A major contribution to the emerging field of the anthropology of morality, the volume includes some of the most prominent scholars working in the discipline today, including Bruce Knauft, Joel Robbins, F.G. Bailey,A Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific
Release date:	December 2007
First published:	2007
Editors:	John Barker
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	258
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-7185-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
LSN:	0-7546-7185-2
Barcode:	9780754671855

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