A Companion to Moral Anthropology by Fassin, Didier

A Companion to Moral Anthropology (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780470656457)

Vendor: Didier Fassin
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
$231.95
$231.95
$231.95
Subtotal: $231.95
A Companion to Moral Anthropology by Fassin, Didier

A Companion to Moral Anthropology

$231.95
A Companion to Moral Anthropology by Fassin, Didier

A Companion to Moral Anthropology

$231.95
Format: Hardcover
Description
Description
x
A Companion to Moral Anthropology is the first collective consideration of the anthropological dimensions of morals, morality, and ethics. Original essays by international experts explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in this important new discipline, examining topics such as the ethnography of moralities, the study of moral subjectivities, and the exploration of moral economies.
  • Investigates the central legacies of moral anthropology, the formation of moral facts and values, the context of local moralities, and the frontiers between moralities, politics, humanitarianism
  • Features contributions from pioneers in the field of moral anthropology, as well as international experts in related fields such as moral philosophy, moral psychology, evolutionary biology and neuroethics


Author: Didier Fassin
ISBN-10: 047065645X
ISBN-13: 9780470656457
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 09/25/2012
Pages: 672
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.55lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.90w x 1.50d
By Didier Fassin
By Didier Fassin
x
Didier Fassin is the James D. Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. Trained as a physician in internal medicine and public health, Fassin dedicated his early research to medical anthropology, before developing a domain he terms political and moral anthropology. He is the Director-founder of the Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Social Issues (IRIS, Paris), former Chair of the Social Science and Humanities Committee of the French National Research Agency, and former Vice-President of Médecins sans Frontières.

Recently Viewed Products