Research Catalog

Title

Four lectures on ethics : anthropological perspectives / Michael Lambeck, Veena Das, Didier Fassin, Webb Keane.

Author

Lambek, Michael

Publication

• Chicago : Hau, [2015]
• ©2015

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Additional Authors

• Das, Veena
• Fassin, Didier
• Keane, Webb, 1955-

Description

viii, 219 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

Anthropology has recently seen a lively interest in the subject of ethics and comparative notions of morality and freedom. This masterclass brings together four of the most eminent anthropologists working in this field- Michael Lambek, Veena Das, Didier Fassin, and Webb Keane- to discuss, via lectures and responses, important topics facing anthropological ethics and the theoretical debates that surround it. The authors explore the ways we understand morality across many different cultural settings, asking questions such as: How do we recognize the ethical in different ethnographic worlds? What constitutes agency and awareness in everyday life? What might an anthropology of ordinary ethics look like? And what happens when ethics approaches the political in both Western and non-Western societies. Contrasting perspectives and methods- and yet in complimentary ways- this masterclass will serve as an essential guide for how an anthropology of ethics can be formulated in the twenty-first century.

Series Statement

Hau books masterclass series ; volume 3

Uniform Title

Masterclass series (Chicago (Ill.)) ; v. 3.

Alternative Title

Masterclass series four lectures on ethics : anthropological perspectives

Subject

Ethics > Anthropological aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Living as if it mattered / Michael Lambeck -- 2. What does ordinary ethics look like? / Veena Das -- 3. Varieties of ethical stance / Webb Keane -- 4. Troubled waters. At the confluence of ethics and politics / Didier Fassin.

ISBN

• 0990505073
• 9780990505075

OCLC

905524342

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library