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The 'ethical turn' in anthropology has been one of the most vibrant
fields in the discipline in the past quarter century. It has
fostered new dialogue between anthropology and philosophy,
psychology, and theology, and seen a wealth of theoretical
innovation and influential ethnographic studies. This book brings
together a global team of established and emerging leaders in the
field and makes the results of this fast-growing body of diverse
research available in one volume. It is split into five parts,
covering the philosophical and other intellectual sources of the
ethical turn; inter-disciplinary dialogues; emerging
conceptualizations of core aspects of ethical agency such as
freedom, responsibility, and affect; and the diverse ways in which
ethical thought and practice are institutionalized in social life.
Authoritative and cutting-edge, it is essential reading for
researchers and students in anthropology, philosophy, psychology
and theology, and will set the agenda for future research in the
field.
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.
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.
Ethnographers of religion have created a vast record of religious
behavior from small-scale non-literate societies to globally
distributed religions in urban settings. So a theory that claims to
explain prominent features of ritual, myth, and belief in all
contexts everywhere causes ethnographers a skeptical pause. In
Ritual and Memory, however, a wide range of ethnographers grapple
critically with Harvey Whitehouse's theory of two divergent modes
of religiosity. Although these contributors differ in their
methods, their areas of fieldwork, and their predisposition towards
Whitehouse's cognitively-based approach, they all help evaluate and
refine Whitehouse's theory and so contribute to a new comparative
approach in the anthropology of religion.
Ethnographers of religion have created a vast record of religious
behavior from small-scale non-literate societies to globally
distributed religions in urban settings. So a theory that claims to
explain prominent features of ritual, myth, and belief in all
contexts everywhere causes ethnographers a skeptical pause. In
Ritual and Memory, however, a wide range of ethnographers grapple
critically with Harvey Whitehouse's theory of two divergent modes
of religiosity. Although these contributors differ in their
methods, their areas of fieldwork, and their predisposition towards
Whitehouse's cognitively-based approach, they all help evaluate and
refine Whitehouse's theory and so contribute to a new comparative
approach in the anthropology of religion.
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