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" Ethnographies of moral reasoning : "
edited by Karen Sykes.
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BL
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987224
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b741594
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Ethnographies of moral reasoning : : living paradoxes of a global age /\ edited by Karen Sykes.
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1st ed.
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2009.
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x, 206 pages ;; 22 cm
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0230609813
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: 9780230609815
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| Notes
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"This collection of essays is the product of a series of workshops over a long period where the organizing themes were debated and modified and drafts of the articles discussed and revised"--Page [189].
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Residence : moral reason in a common place : paradoxes of a global age / Karen Sykes -- Privatization : jokes, scandal, and absurdity in a time of rapid change / Catherine Alexander -- Charity : conversations about need and greed / Soumhya Venkatesan -- Custom : the limits of reciprocity in village resettlement / Keir Martin -- Corruption : insights into combating corruption in rural development / Alpa Shah -- Fakes : frauds, value-anxiety, and the politics of sincerity / Susanne Brandtstädter -- Sacra : rumors about the moral force of ritual objects as public art / Karen Sykes -- After words : from ethos to pathos / C.A. Gregory.
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"These essays describe the way ordinary people value human relationships and reason through the commonplace contradictions of their local way of life in a global age, rather than measure the actions of their subjects as evidence of either universal rationality or shared cultural beliefs. Each contributor conveys the ways in which people challenge the ascribed moral standards of custom, religious belief, and bureaucratic policies through passionate words such as anecdotes, joke, rumors, and gossip. By evaluating moral reasoning at a local level, contributors work to answer the question, what is a good life?"--BOOK JACKET.
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Ethics, Congresses.
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Ethnology, Congresses.
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Practical reason, Congresses.
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Ethics.
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Ethischer Pluralismus
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Ethnology.
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Globalisierung
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Practical reason.
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Volkskunde
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| Dewey Classification
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170
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BJ52.E76 2009
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5,1ssgn
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CC 7200rvk
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LB 31900rvk
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Sykes, Karen Margaret,1960-
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