Morality, Crisis and Capitalism

Jean-Paul Baldacchino is Professor and currently Head of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Malta and the Director of its Mediterranean Institute. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Mediterranean Studies, which he formerly edited, and is on the board of the Australian Journal of Anthropology.

“The edited volume raises important questions on methodology, morality, ethics and timeliness of anthropology. Each chapter is written to unmask seemingly obvious cultural representations. Nothing is as it seems at first glance… It could be interesting to students who want to do academic research, but also to students who would like to work in ‘public anthropology’. Moreover, it will be useful to readers interested in the moral economy of capitalism.” • Australian Journal of European Cultures“This is a high-quality volume… Without exception its chapters are interesting, original, and thought-provoking. Each examines different dimensions of the book’s main themes.” • Christopher Houston, Macquarie University

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction: Anthropology and its CrisesJean-Paul Baldacchino and Jon P. MitchellChapter 1. Moralities, Engagement, Capitalism: Current Challenges for Critical AnthropologyJohn GledhillChapter 2. Between Conspiracy and Catastrophe: The Political Unconscious in MaltaPaul Sant CassiaChapter 3. Crisis State of Mind: Spaces for Self-Determination in Permanently Troubled TimesDaniel M. KnightChapter 4. The Moria Catastrophe in Greece: An Anthropologically Informed Disaster Analysis of Refugee Reception in EuropeJutta Lauth BacasChapter 5. Relevance, Ethics and the ‘Good’ in Anthropology: Moving beyond the Anthropology of Crisis to the Ethical Crises in AnthropologyJean-Paul BaldacchinoChapter 6. Higher Education Crisis, Academic Personhood and Moral LabourMatthew Doyle and James McMurrayChapter 7. Dilemmas of Sexuality in Malta: Reconciling Catholic and LGBTQ+ IdentitiesJon P. MitchellChapter 8. The Will to Risk: Why the Moral Economy Is Not What You ThinkA. David NapierIndex