Ethnographies of moral reasoning: living paradoxes of a global age

Ethnographies of moral reasoning: living paradoxes of a global age

Sykes, Karen

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Rather than measure the actions of their subjects by reference to either universal rationality or cultural relativism, contributors in this volume describeordinary people as they value human relationships and reason through the commonplace contradictions of their local way of life in a global age. INDICE: - Residence Valuers and Value: Words on an Uncommon Ground Privatization; C.Alexander - Charity; S.Venkatesan - Contestations of the Standards of Value Custom; K.Martin - Corruption; A.Shah - Moral Ambiguity and Paradoxes of Value Fakes; S.Brandtstadter - Sacra; K.Sykes - From Ethos to Pathos; C.A.Gregory

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-60981-5
  • Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 224
  • Fecha Publicación: 08/01/2009
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés