Four lectures on ethics : anthropological perspectives / / Michael Lambek [and three others] |
Autore | Lambek Michael |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, Illinois : , : HAU Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 pages) |
Disciplina | 174.9309 |
Collana | Masterclass |
Soggetto topico | Anthropological ethics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-912808-08-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466610603321 |
Lambek Michael | ||
Chicago, Illinois : , : HAU Books, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Four lectures on ethics : anthropological perspectives / / Michael Lambek [and three others] |
Autore | Lambek Michael |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, Illinois : , : HAU Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 pages) |
Disciplina | 174.9309 |
Collana | Masterclass |
Soggetto topico | Anthropological ethics |
ISBN | 1-912808-08-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; 1. Living as if it mattered / Michael Lambeck -- ; 2. What does ordinary ethics look like? / Veena Das -- ; 3. Varieties of ethical stance / Webb Keane -- ; 4. Troubled waters. At the confluence of ethics and politics / Didier Fassin. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793128903321 |
Lambek Michael | ||
Chicago, Illinois : , : HAU Books, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Four lectures on ethics : anthropological perspectives / / Michael Lambek [and three others] |
Autore | Lambek Michael |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, Illinois : , : HAU Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 pages) |
Disciplina | 174.9309 |
Collana | Masterclass |
Soggetto topico | Anthropological ethics |
ISBN | 1-912808-08-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; 1. Living as if it mattered / Michael Lambeck -- ; 2. What does ordinary ethics look like? / Veena Das -- ; 3. Varieties of ethical stance / Webb Keane -- ; 4. Troubled waters. At the confluence of ethics and politics / Didier Fassin. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809326103321 |
Lambek Michael | ||
Chicago, Illinois : , : HAU Books, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Knowledge and practice in Mayotte : local discourses of Islam, sorcery and spirit possession / / Michael Lambek |
Autore | Lambek Michael |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (499 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.6/09694 |
Collana | Anthropological Horizons |
Soggetto topico |
Islam - Mayotte
Spirit possession - Mayotte Knowledge, Theory of (Islam) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-99727-7
9786611997274 1-4426-7653-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Stylistic Conventions and Conundrums -- Dramatis Personae -- 1. Knowledge and Hubris -- 2. Locating Knowledge in Mayotte: Structure, History, and Practice -- 3. Village Organization and the Distribution of Knowledge -- 4. Islam: The Perspective from the Path -- 5. Educating Citizens: The Reproduction of Textual Knowledge -- 6. Islamic Experts: Practice and Power -- 7. Knowledge with Power: The Discipline of Cosmology -- 8. Knowledge and Antipractice: Committing Sorcery -- 9. Removing Sorcery: Committing (to) the Cure -- 10. The Reproduction of Possession: Gaining a Voice -- 11. Tumbu and Mohedja: Excerpts from the Healers' Practice -- 12. Granaries, Turtles, and the Whole Damn Thing -- Epilogue, 1992 -- Notes -- A Short Glossary of Words Commonly Used in the Text -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455757203321 |
Lambek Michael | ||
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Knowledge and practice in Mayotte : local discourses of Islam, sorcery and spirit possession / / Michael Lambek |
Autore | Lambek Michael |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (499 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.6/09694 |
Collana | Anthropological Horizons |
Soggetto topico |
Islam - Mayotte
Spirit possession - Mayotte Knowledge, Theory of (Islam) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4426-3861-3
1-281-99727-7 9786611997274 1-4426-7653-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Stylistic Conventions and Conundrums -- Dramatis Personae -- PART I: INTRODUCTIONS -- 1 Knowledge and Hubris -- Knowledge, Power, and Morality -- Towards an Anthropology of Knowledge -- Transcending Subdisciplinary Boundaries -- Ethnography as Hermeneutic Practice -- 2 Locating Knowledge in Mayotte: Structure, History, and Practice -- Cultural Diversity in Mayotte -- Historical Overview -- The Three Traditions -- Historical Practice -- Islam 'Versus' Possession? -- From the Sweep of Traditions to Local Views
3 Village Organization and the Distribution of KnowledgeThe Social Distribution of Knowledge -- Portrait of the Villages -- The Social Organization of the Village from the Perspective of Knowledge -- The Village Fundis -- The Economic Basis of the Experts -- PART II: THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF TEXTUAL KNOWLEDGE -- 4 Islam: The Perspective from the Path -- Prayer and the Projection of Moral Imperatives -- The Social Production of Prayer -- Prayer and Reciprocity -- The Politics of Prayer -- The Economy of Justice 5 Educating Citizens: The Reproduction of Textual KnowledgeThe Three 'R's': Reading, Writing, and Recitation -- The Transmission of Knowledge and Authority -- Learning as the Embodiment of Knowledge -- Individuation through Learning: An Example of an Educated Citizen -- The Value of Learning -- 6 Islamic Experts: Practice and Power -- The Vulnerability of Authority -- Islam and Politics: Two Public Figures -- Styles of Practice: Two Village Fundis -- Moral Intervention and Understanding -- Friday Prostrations: A Conflict of Interpretations and Modes of Legitimation The Articulation of Heterogenous Knowledge in PracticeCertain Knowledge, Contestable Authority -- PART III: COUNTERPRACTICES: COSMOLOGY AND THE INS AND OUTS OF SORCERY -- 7 Knowledge with Power: The Discipline of Cosmology -- Relations of (Re)production -- Divination as Calculation -- World and Body -- Indispensable Knowledge, Amoral Authority -- Interdisciplinary Challenges -- A Cut in Time -- 8 Knowledge and Antipractice: Committing Sorcery -- The Dark Side of Knowledge -- The Imagination of Evil -- A Dead End -- Sorcery in Practice Postscript: Unleashed Accusations9 Removing Sorcery: Committing (to) the Cure -- Extractor and Client -- Extraction in Theory -- Tumbu in Practice -- Scepticism and the Conversation between the Disciplines -- The Extraction Itself: Experience and Sincerity -- Extraction as Performance -- Conviction and Good Faith -- PART IV: EMBODIED KNOWLEDGE AND THE PRACTICE OF SPIRIT MEDIUMS -- 10 The Reproduction of Possession: Gaining a Voice -- Spirit Possession as Embodied Knowledge -- Gaining a Spirit as Moral Agency -- Public and Personal Aspects of Succession |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780573903321 |
Lambek Michael | ||
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Knowledge and practice in Mayotte : local discourses of Islam, sorcery and spirit possession / / Michael Lambek |
Autore | Lambek Michael |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (499 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.6/09694 |
Collana | Anthropological Horizons |
Soggetto topico |
Islam - Mayotte
Spirit possession - Mayotte Knowledge, Theory of (Islam) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4426-3861-3
1-281-99727-7 9786611997274 1-4426-7653-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Stylistic Conventions and Conundrums -- Dramatis Personae -- PART I: INTRODUCTIONS -- 1 Knowledge and Hubris -- Knowledge, Power, and Morality -- Towards an Anthropology of Knowledge -- Transcending Subdisciplinary Boundaries -- Ethnography as Hermeneutic Practice -- 2 Locating Knowledge in Mayotte: Structure, History, and Practice -- Cultural Diversity in Mayotte -- Historical Overview -- The Three Traditions -- Historical Practice -- Islam 'Versus' Possession? -- From the Sweep of Traditions to Local Views
3 Village Organization and the Distribution of KnowledgeThe Social Distribution of Knowledge -- Portrait of the Villages -- The Social Organization of the Village from the Perspective of Knowledge -- The Village Fundis -- The Economic Basis of the Experts -- PART II: THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF TEXTUAL KNOWLEDGE -- 4 Islam: The Perspective from the Path -- Prayer and the Projection of Moral Imperatives -- The Social Production of Prayer -- Prayer and Reciprocity -- The Politics of Prayer -- The Economy of Justice 5 Educating Citizens: The Reproduction of Textual KnowledgeThe Three 'R's': Reading, Writing, and Recitation -- The Transmission of Knowledge and Authority -- Learning as the Embodiment of Knowledge -- Individuation through Learning: An Example of an Educated Citizen -- The Value of Learning -- 6 Islamic Experts: Practice and Power -- The Vulnerability of Authority -- Islam and Politics: Two Public Figures -- Styles of Practice: Two Village Fundis -- Moral Intervention and Understanding -- Friday Prostrations: A Conflict of Interpretations and Modes of Legitimation The Articulation of Heterogenous Knowledge in PracticeCertain Knowledge, Contestable Authority -- PART III: COUNTERPRACTICES: COSMOLOGY AND THE INS AND OUTS OF SORCERY -- 7 Knowledge with Power: The Discipline of Cosmology -- Relations of (Re)production -- Divination as Calculation -- World and Body -- Indispensable Knowledge, Amoral Authority -- Interdisciplinary Challenges -- A Cut in Time -- 8 Knowledge and Antipractice: Committing Sorcery -- The Dark Side of Knowledge -- The Imagination of Evil -- A Dead End -- Sorcery in Practice Postscript: Unleashed Accusations9 Removing Sorcery: Committing (to) the Cure -- Extractor and Client -- Extraction in Theory -- Tumbu in Practice -- Scepticism and the Conversation between the Disciplines -- The Extraction Itself: Experience and Sincerity -- Extraction as Performance -- Conviction and Good Faith -- PART IV: EMBODIED KNOWLEDGE AND THE PRACTICE OF SPIRIT MEDIUMS -- 10 The Reproduction of Possession: Gaining a Voice -- Spirit Possession as Embodied Knowledge -- Gaining a Spirit as Moral Agency -- Public and Personal Aspects of Succession |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818672003321 |
Lambek Michael | ||
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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