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.
> Represents the first collection to provide a broad picture of a new field of research, moral anthropology, that includes 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.
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Toward a Critical Moral Anthropology
Didier Fassin
1. Durkheim and the Moral Fact
Bruno Karsenti
2. Weber and Practical Ethics
Isabelle Kalinowski
3. E. P. Thompson and Moral Economies
Marc Edelman
4. Foucault and the Genealogy of Ethics
James D . Faubion
5. Relativism and Universalism
Richard A. Shweder
6. Anthropology and Ethics
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
7. Cultural Values
Joel Robbins
8. Ordinary Ethics
Veena Das
9. Moral Sentiments
C . Jason Throop
10. Moral Reasoning
Karen M . Sykes
11. Virtue
Thomas Widlok
12. Narratives
Jarrett Zigon
13. Ethics and Piety
Saba Mahmood
14. Care and Disregard
João Biehl
15. Mourning
Everett Yuehong Zhang
16. Poverty
Harri Englund
17. Inequality
Caroline Humphrey
18. Sexuality
Stacy Leigh Pigg
19. Religion and Morality
Michael Lambek
20. Charity
Jonathan Benthall
21. Medicine
Adriana Petryna
22. Science
Michael M . J . Fischer
23. Finance
Karen Ho
24. Law
Carol J. Greenhouse
25. Humanitarianism
Peter Redfield
26. Human Rights
Mark Goodale
27. War
Catherine Lutz and Kathleen Millar
28. Violence
Alexander Hinton
29. Punishment
Roger Lancaster
30. Borders
Josiah M. Heyman and John Symons
31. Moral Philosophy
Kwame Anthony Appiah
32. Moral Psychology
James Dungan and Liane Young
33. Neuroethics
Massimo Reichlin
34. Evolutionary and Cognitive Anthropology
Nicolas Baumard and Dan Sperber
Index of Names
Subject Index
Wiley-Blackwell, "Blackwell Companions to Anthropology", August 2012, 664 pages. ISBN : 978-0-470-65645-7 (hardcover) - 156,00 €