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Anthropology & philosophy : dialogues on trust and hope / edited by Sune Liisberg, Esther Oluffa Pedersen, and Anne Line Dalsg̊ard.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Anthropology &.
- Anthropology &
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophical anthropology.
- Anthropology--Philosophy.
- Anthropology.
- Trust.
- Hope.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, [New York] ; Oxford, [England] : berghahn, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The present book is no ordinary anthology, but rather a workroom in which anthropologists and philosophers initiate a dialogue on trust and hope, two important topics for both fields of study. The book combines work between scholars from different universities in the U.S. and Denmark. Thus, besides bringing the two disciplines in dialogue, it also cuts across differences in national contexts and academic style. The interdisciplinary efforts of the contributors demonstrate how such a collaboration can result in new and challenging ways of thinking about trust and hope. Reading the dialogues ma
- Contents:
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Trust and Hope
- Dialogue One : Practical Philosophy and Hope as a Moral Project among African-Americans
- Joint Statement
- What Can We Hope For? An Exploration in Cosmpolitan Philosophical Anthropology
- Dialogue Two : Existential Anthropology and the Category of the New
- The Reopening of the Gate of Effort: Existential Imperatives at the Margins of a Globalized World
- The Eternal Recurrence of the New
- Joint Afterword
- Dialogue Three : Intentional Trust in Uganda
- An Outline of Interpersonal Trust and DistrustTricky Trust: Distrust as a Starting Point and Trust as a Social Achievement in Uganda
- Dialogue Four : Trust, Ambiguity, and Indonesian Modernity
- Trust in an Age of Inauthenticity: Power and Indonesian Modernity
- Trust as the Life Magic of Self-Deception: A Philosophical-Psychological Investigation into Tolerance of Ambiguity
- Dialogue Five : Gift-Giving and Power between Trust and Hope
- Empowering Trust in the New: Trust and Power as Capacities
- Hope in the Gift, Hope in Sleep
- Dialogue Six : With Kierkegaard in Africa
- Self, Hope, and the Unconditional: Kierkegaard on Faith and Hope
- Kierkegaard in West Africa: Hope and Sacrifice in a Ghanaian Fishing Village
- Epilogue: Anthropology and Philosophy in Dialogue?
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781785337529
- 1785337521
- 9781782385578
- 1782385576
- OCLC:
- 903317396
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