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An Anthropology of Ethics, James D. Faubion

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"Through an ambitious and critical revision of Michel Foucault's investigation of ethics, James Faubion develops an original program of empirical inquiry into the ethical domain. From an anthropological perspective, Faubion argues that Foucault's specification of the analytical parameters of this domain is the most productive point of departure in conceptualizing its distinctive features. He further argues that Foucault's framework is in need of substantial revision to be of genuinely anthropological scope. In making this revision, Faubion illustrates his program with two extended case studies: one of a Portuguese marquis and the other of a dual subject made up of the author and a millenarian prophetess. The result is a conceptual apparatus that is able to accommodate ethical pluralism and yield an account of the limits of ethical variation, providing a novel resolution of the problem of relativism that has haunted anthropological inquiry into ethics since its inception"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
x, 306 p.
Contents
  • Part I. An anthropology of ethics
  • 1. Precedents, parameters, potentials
  • 2. Foucault in Athens
  • 3. Ethical others
  • Part II. Fieldwork in ethics
  • 4. An ethics of composure
  • 5. An ethics of reckoning
  • Concluding remarks: for programmatic inquiries
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9781107004948
Instance
Label
An Anthropology of Ethics
Title
An Anthropology of Ethics
Statement of responsibility
James D. Faubion
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Through an ambitious and critical revision of Michel Foucault's investigation of ethics, James Faubion develops an original program of empirical inquiry into the ethical domain. From an anthropological perspective, Faubion argues that Foucault's specification of the analytical parameters of this domain is the most productive point of departure in conceptualizing its distinctive features. He further argues that Foucault's framework is in need of substantial revision to be of genuinely anthropological scope. In making this revision, Faubion illustrates his program with two extended case studies: one of a Portuguese marquis and the other of a dual subject made up of the author and a millenarian prophetess. The result is a conceptual apparatus that is able to accommodate ethical pluralism and yield an account of the limits of ethical variation, providing a novel resolution of the problem of relativism that has haunted anthropological inquiry into ethics since its inception"--
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1957-
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Faubion, James D.
Dewey number
170.92
Index
index present
LC call number
B2430.F724
LC item number
F38 2011
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
New Departures in Anthropology
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Foucault, Michel
  • Ethics
  • Ethics
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An Anthropology of Ethics, James D. Faubion
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-293) and index
Contents
Part I. An anthropology of ethics -- 1. Precedents, parameters, potentials -- 2. Foucault in Athens -- 3. Ethical others -- Part II. Fieldwork in ethics -- 4. An ethics of composure -- 5. An ethics of reckoning -- Concluding remarks: for programmatic inquiries
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
x, 306 p.
Isbn
9781107004948
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2010044489
Other control number
40019446823
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  • (CaMWU)u2527142-01umb_inst
  • 2537673
  • (Sirsi) i9781107004948
  • (OCoLC)671238512
Label
An Anthropology of Ethics, James D. Faubion
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-293) and index
Contents
Part I. An anthropology of ethics -- 1. Precedents, parameters, potentials -- 2. Foucault in Athens -- 3. Ethical others -- Part II. Fieldwork in ethics -- 4. An ethics of composure -- 5. An ethics of reckoning -- Concluding remarks: for programmatic inquiries
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
x, 306 p.
Isbn
9781107004948
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2010044489
Other control number
40019446823
System control number
  • (CaMWU)u2527142-01umb_inst
  • 2537673
  • (Sirsi) i9781107004948
  • (OCoLC)671238512

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