The quest for the good life in precarious times : ethnographic perspectives on the domestic moral economy /

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The study of the quest for the good life and the morality and value it presupposes is not new. To the contrary, this is an ancient issue; its intellectual history can be traced back to Aristotle. In anthropology, the study of morality and value has always been a central concern, despite the claim of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Australian National University Press
Otros Autores: Gregory, C. A. (Chris A.), Altman, Jon C., 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2018.
Colección:Monographs in anthropology series.
Temas:
Economic anthropology > Australia > Northern Territory.
Economic anthropology > Oceania.
Economic anthropology > India > Kondagaon.
Ethnosociology > Australia > Northern Territory.
Ethnosociology > Oceania.
Ethnosociology > India > Kondagaon.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Australia > Northern Territory.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Oceania.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > India > Kondagaon.
Economic anthropology.
Anthropologie économique.
Anthropologie économique > Australie > Territoire du Nord.
Anthropologie économique > Océanie.
Ethnosociologie > Australie > Territoire du Nord.
Ethnosociologie > Océanie.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > Australie > Territoire du Nord.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > Océanie.
Ethical issues and debates.
Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Agriculture > Economic aspects.
Ethnosociology.
Society & Social Sciences.
Northern Territory.
Oceania.
Australian
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The study of the quest for the good life and the morality and value it presupposes is not new. To the contrary, this is an ancient issue; its intellectual history can be traced back to Aristotle. In anthropology, the study of morality and value has always been a central concern, despite the claim of some scholars that the recent upsurge of interest in these issues is new. What is novel is how scholars in many disciplines are posing the value question in new ways. The global economic alignments of the present pose many political, moral and theoretical questions, but the central issue the essays in this collection address is: how do relatively poor people of the Australia-Pacific region survive in current precarious times? In looking to answer this question, contributors directly engage the values and concepts of their interlocutors. At a time when understanding local implications of global processes is taking on new urgency, these essays bring finely honed anthropological perspectives to matters of universal human concern--they offer radical empirical critique based on intensive fieldwork that will be of great interest to those seeking to comprehend the bigger picture.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 223 pages) : maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781760462017
1760462012
Acceso:National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries

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