A Companion to Moral Anthropology [Hardcover]

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.

• 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 viii

Introduction: Toward a Critical Moral Anthropology 1
Didier Fassin

Part I Legacies 19

1 Durkheim and the Moral Fact 21
Bruno Karsenti

2 Weber and Practical Ethics 37
Isabelle Kalinowski

3 E. P. Thompson and Moral Economies 49
Marc Edelman

4 Foucault and the Genealogy of Ethics 67
James D . Faubion

5 Relativism and Universalism 85
Richard A. Shweder

6 Anthropology and Ethics 103
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban

Part II Approaches 115

7 Cultural Values 117
Joel Robbins

8 Ordinary Ethics 133
Veena Das

9 Moral Sentiments 150
C . Jason l3´