Anthropology as ethics : nondualism and the conduct of sacrifice /

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Anthropology as Ethics is concerned with rethinking anthropology by rethinking the nature of reality. It develops the ontological implications of a defining thesis of the Manchester School: that all social orders exhibit basically conflicting underlying principles. Drawing especially on Continental...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evens, T. M. S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.
Temas:
Ethics.
Dualism.
Sacrifice.
Anthropology > Philosophy.
Ethics
Morale.
Dualisme.
Anthropologie > Philosophie.
ethics (philosophy)
dualism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Methodology.
Anthropology > Philosophy
Dualism
Sacrifice
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Nondualism, ontology, and anthropology
  • Anthropology and the synthetic a priori: Wittgenstein and Merleau-Ponty
  • Blind faith and the binding of Isaac: the Akedah
  • Excursus I: sacrifice as human existence
  • Counter-sacrifice and instrumental reason: the Holocaust
  • Bourdieu's anti-dualism and "generalized materialism"
  • Habermas's anti-dualism and "communicative rationality"
  • Technological efficacy, mythic rationality, and non-contradiction
  • Epistemic efficacy, mythic rationality, and non-contradiction
  • Contradiction and choice among the Dinka and in Genesis
  • Contradiction in Azande oracular practice and in psychotherapeutic interaction
  • Epistemic and ethical gain
  • Transcending dualism and amplifying choice
  • Excursus II: what good, ethics?
  • Anthropology and the generative primacy of moral order
  • Conclusion: Emancipatory selfhood and value-rationality.

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