The anthropology of moralities. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Monica Heintz.
• Other Names: Heintz, Monica
• Contents: Introduction: Why there should be an anthropology of moralities / Monica Heintz -- Norm and spontaneity : elicitation with moral dilemma scenarios / Thomas Widlok -- Life history and personal experience : the moral conceptions of a Muscovite man / Jarrett Zigon -- Morality, value and radical cultural change / Joel Robbins -- Accelerated globalisation and the conflicts of values seen through the lens of transnational adoption : a comparative perspective / Signe Howell -- Morality, self and power : the idea of the mahalla in Uzbekistan / Johan Rasanayagam -- Moralising female sexuality : the intersections between morality and sexuality in rural Vietnam / Helle Rystrøm -- Narrative ethics : the excess of giving and moral ambiguity in the Lao Vessantara-Jataka / Patrice Ladwig -- Adopting an obligation : moral reasoning about Bougainvillean children's access to social services in New Ireland / Karen Sykes -- Between facts and norms : towards an anthropology of ethical practice / Mark Goodale.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 221 pages.)
• Subjects: 303.3/72; Cultural relativism; Social values; Cultural relativism; Social values; Culturele antropologie; Interculturele vergelijking; Moraal; Sittlichkeit; Sozialanthropologie; Halle (2005); Kongress; Halle (2005); Kongress
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781845459383; 1845459385
• Related ISBNs: 9781845455927; 1845455924
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on 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.