The Subject of Virtue

An Anthropology of Ethics and Freedom

AvJames Laidlaw

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-10-24
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:530 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Departures in Anthropology
Antal sidor:270
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107028463

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

James Laidlaw is Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology and Fellow of King's College at the University of Cambridge.

Recensioner i media

'James Laidlaw's book, which has the advantage of being elegantly written, is bound to transform the anthropological study of morality and ethics. Along the way, he helps us rethink many of our most important ideas, models and theories, including those related to practice, to relativism, to agency and - above all - to freedom.' Charles Stafford, London School of Economics and Political Science

Innehållsförteckning

1. Beyond the science of unfreedom; 2. Virtue ethics: philosophy with an ethnographic stance?; 3. Foucault's genealogy and the undefined work of freedom; 4. The 'question of freedom' in anthropology; 5. Taking responsibility seriously; 6. Endnote: the reluctant cannibal.