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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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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.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 social thought, including Wittgenstein, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, Dumont, Bourdieu and others, and on pre-modern sources such as the Hebrew bible, the Nuer, the Dinka, and the Azande, the book mounts a radical study of the ontology of self and other in relation to dualism and nondualism. It demonstrat.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiv, 392 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-375) and index.
ISBN:9780857450067
0857450069

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