Anthropology as ethics : nondualism and the conduct of sacrifice /: nondualism and the conduct of sacrifice. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: T.M.S. Evens.
• Other Names: Evens, T. M. S
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 392 pages)
• Subjects: 301.01; Ethics; Dualism; Sacrifice; Anthropology -- Philosophy; Philosophy; Social Science; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Methodology; Anthropology -- Philosophy; Dualism; Ethics; Sacrifice; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857450067; 0857450069
• Related ISBNs: 1845452240; 9781845452247
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-375) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.