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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2014
      October 2013
      ISBN:
      9781139236232
      9781107028463
      9781107697317
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139236232
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.53kg, 270 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.39kg, 270 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Philosophy of Social Science, Anthropology: General Interest, Anthropology, Philosophy, Anthropological Theory
      Series:
      New Departures in Anthropology
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    Subjects:
    Philosophy of Social Science, Anthropology: General Interest, Anthropology, Philosophy, Anthropological Theory
    Series:
    New Departures in Anthropology
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    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 analysisSurveys the history of anthropology's engagement with morality Examines the relevance for anthropology of two major philosophical approaches to moral life.

    Reviews

    ‘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

    ‘Clearly argued, beautifully written and brilliant, this book will become a foundational text in the new anthropology of morality - an anthropology that is both ethically responsible and philosophically deep.’

    T. M. Luhrmann - Stanford University

    ‘This is the kind of game-changing book we have been waiting for in the anthropology of ethics. Theoretically astute, philosophically wide-ranging, and dazzling in its use of ethnographic materials, all intellectually ambitious anthropologists will want to read it. And philosophers who have made great efforts recently to render their arguments psychologically realistic now have a perfect place to turn to begin to engage the social aspects of their subject matter with equal care.’

    Joel Robbins - University of California, San Diego

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