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Ethnographies of moral reasoning : living paradoxes of a global age

Title
Ethnographies of moral reasoning : living paradoxes of a global age / edited by Karen Sykes.
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

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Additional Authors
Sykes, Karen Margaret, 1960-
Description
x, 206 p.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Ethics > Congresses
  • Ethnology > Congresses
  • Practical reason > Congresses
Note
  • "This collection of essays is the product of a series of workshops over a long period where the organizing themes were debated and modified and drafts of the articles discussed and revised"--P. [189].
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Residence : moral reason in a common place : paradoxes of a global age / Karen Sykes -- Privatization : jokes, scandal, and absurdity in a time of rapid change / Catherine Alexander -- Charity : conversations about need and greed / Soumhya Venkatesan -- Custom : the limits of reciprocity in village resettlement / Keir Martin -- Corruption : insights into combating corruption in rural development / Alpa Shah -- Fakes : frauds, value-anxiety, and the politics of sincerity / Susanne Brandtstädter -- Sacra : rumors about the moral force of ritual objects as public art / Karen Sykes -- After words : from ethos to pathos / C.A. Gregory.
Call Number
JFD 09-1303
ISBN
  • 0230609813 (alk. paper)
  • 9780230609815 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2008019906
OCLC
  • 227571612
  • vendorOCN227571612
Title
Ethnographies of moral reasoning : living paradoxes of a global age / edited by Karen Sykes.
Imprint
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Sykes, Karen Margaret, 1960-
Research Call Number
JFD 09-1303
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