The anthropology of morality in Melanesia and beyond

edited by John Barker

"The Anthropology of Morality in Melanesia and Beyond" examines how Melanesians experience and deal with moral issues.In a variety of ethnographic and theoretical locations, the contributors focus upon public situations and types of people who exemplify key ethical contradictions for members of moral communities. Each author deals with a number of common themes, most importantly the interface between values associated with indigenous village life and the ethical orientations associated with 'modernity'.The volume boasts some of the most prominent scholars currently working in anthropology, including: F.G. Bailey, Bruce Knauft, Robert Tonkinson, Nancy Lutkehaus, Deboar Gewertz and Frederik Errington. Written in a lively and engaging style the volume will appeal to an international readership given the dearth of good enthnographically informed studies on morality.

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[目次]

  • Introduction: the anthropological study of morality in Melanesia, John Barker
  • Part 1 Moral Exemplars in Village Society: Not managing in Melanesia: on moral lessons of the failed big man, Joel Robbins
  • When is it moral to be a sorcerer? Morality and modernity in a Melanesian global context, Doug Dalton.
  • Part 2 The Moral Conundrums of Modernity: from moral exchange to exchanging morals: a comparison of Gebusi and Tangu in Papua New Guinea, Bruce Knauft
  • The (post) colonial triangle revisited: moral domains in Maisin society, John Barker
  • Building a 'new earth' at Ramu Sugar Ltd, Frederick Errington and Deborach Gewertz.
  • Part 3 The Emergence of 'New Men and 'New Women': Changing minds: history and hysteria in Telefol spirit possession, Dan Jorgensen
  • The origins of missionary morality: Diyos among the Asabano, Roger Lohmann
  • Modernity and the missionary calling in Melanesia: the 'new woman' as Catholic nun, Nancy Lutkehaus.
  • Part 4 Beyond Melanesia: the Morality of the Anthropological Gaze: Burridge's homo anthropologicus: rational objectivity, participatory values and the underpinnings of an ethical and moral stance, Robert Tonkinson
  • Reaching for the absolute, F.G. Bailey
  • Epilogue, Kenelm Burridge
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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書名 The anthropology of morality in Melanesia and beyond
著作者等 Barker, John
シリーズ名 Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific
出版元 Ashgate
刊行年月 c2007
ページ数 xxi, 235 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 9780754671855
NCID BA8473272X
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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