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The subject of virtue : an anthropology of ethics and freedom
- Title
- The subject of virtue : an anthropology of ethics and freedom / James Laidlaw.
- Author
- Laidlaw, James.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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Details
- Description
- x, 258 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "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. [bullet] Shows how ethical concepts such as virtue, character, freedom and responsibility may be incorporated into anthropological analysis [bullet] Surveys the history of anthropology's engagement with morality [bullet] 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"--
- Series Statement
- New departures in anthropology
- Uniform Title
- New departures in anthropology.
- Subject
- Anthropological ethics
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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. The reluctant cannibal.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-331
- ISBN
- 9781107028463 (hardback)
- 1107028469 (hardback)
- 9781107697317 (paperback)
- 110769731X (paperback)
- LCCN
- 2013016198
- OCLC
- 851285438
- Author
- Laidlaw, James.
- Title
- The subject of virtue : an anthropology of ethics and freedom / James Laidlaw.
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New departures in anthropologyNew departures in anthropology.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-331