Morality : An Anthropological Perspective.

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Author / Creator:Zigon, Jarrett.
Imprint:London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (186 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10370086
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ISBN:9781847884602 87 (NL)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
Other form:Print version: Zigon, Jarrett Morality : An Anthropological Perspective London : Bloomsbury Publishing,c2008 9781845206581
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Introduction; Part I The Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of the Anthropological Studies of Morality; 1 The Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Social Scientiļ¬c Studies of Morality - From Plato and Aristotle to Durkheim, Weber, and Foucault; Part II Religion and Law; 2 Religion; 3 Law; Case Study 1 Moral Torment in Papua New Guinea; Part III Sexuality, Gender, and Health; 4 Gender and Sexuality; 5 Illness, Health, and Medicine; Case Study 2 Morality and Women's Health in Post-Soviet Russia; Part IV Language, Narrative, and Discourse
  • 6 Language, Discourse, and NarrativeCase Study 3 Narratives of Moral Experience in Moscow; Part V Closing; 7 Some Closing Words; References; Index