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The anthropology of morality : a dynamic and interactionist approach / Monica Heintz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heintz, Monica, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethics--Anthropological aspects.
- Ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 158 pages)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Monica Heintz is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Paris Nanterre, France and Co-director of the Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative (CNRS/University Paris Nanterre).
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: The anthropology of morality: A lens for observing moralities as social facts
- A new field of inquiry in anthropology
- Five challenges for the anthropology of morality
- Taking into account the question of freedom of speech and action
- Breaking up the dichotomy between individual and community values
- Taking change into account
- Portraying ethics in rapidly changing societies
- Remembering the need for transcendence is one of the reasons for the existence of moral values
- Other anthropological challenges
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Chapter 2: Words and actions: From ethno-ethics to the anthropology of morality
- Defining 'morality'
- A working definition of morality
- The multiplicity of moral frameworks
- Discourses and practices
- Some caution regarding the context needed for understanding utterances
- Discourses as data
- Practices as data: A comprehensive view of practices in 'workplaces' and beyond
- Dialectics between values and practices and how actions can induce a change in values
- Bibliography
- Chapter 3: The choice of methods: From methodological individualism to interactionism
- The choice of methods
- Methodological individualism: Moral deliberations and moral justifications in a Romanian organization
- Interactionism
- The same NGO case study seen through an interactionist lens
- Chapter 4: No holism, no generalizations?: On idiosyncrasies and regularities
- One of many decollectivizations
- A brief history of the Republic of Moldova
- The post-1991 economic reforms
- Decollectivization in Satul Vechi
- Same kolkhoz: But has there been decollectivization?
- The controversial personality of the nacealnic 15
- Open conflict
- a dialogue of the deaf
- Outside open conflict
- work issues in the kolkhoz
- A confusion mostly maintained by former apparatchiks
- Corruption in post-socialist Eastern Europe
- The lack of information and the political stakes behind the partial circulation of information
- The absence of a public arena for debate on reform
- Chapter 5: Life experiences and moral anaesthesia
- The background to Moldovan migration
- Life experiences of migrant women or the management of past morally sensitive experiences
- Do individuals' (moral) pasts influence their present judgements?
- Moral anaesthesia?
- Chapter 6: Hierarchy of values and dynamics of value changes
- Preliminary remarks on the plurality of ethical frameworks
- A fictional detour
- Irreducible conflicts between several ethical frameworks
- Implicit hierarchies of moral frameworks
- The case study of a Moldovan NGO working in the field of healthcare
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 21, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781000334463
- 1000334465
- 9781003108306
- 100310830X
- 1000334724
- 9781000334593
- 1000334597
- 9781000334722
- Publisher Number:
- 40030309643
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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