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The Ethics of Anthropology: Debates and Dilemmas
Contributor(s): Caplan, Pat (Editor)
ISBN: 0415296420     ISBN-13: 9780415296427
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $209.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 2003
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Annotation: Since the inception of their discipline, anthropologists have studied virtually every conceivable aspect of other peoples' morality - religion, social control, sin, virtue, evil, duty, purity and pollution. But what of the examination of anthropology itself, and of its agendas, epistemes, theories and praxes?
Conceived as a response to Patrick Tierney's hugely inflammatory book "Darkness in El Dorado," whose allegations of immoral and negligent anthropological research in South America caused a storm of protest and debate, the book combines theoretical papers and case studies from eminent scholars including Steven Nugent, Marilyn Silverman and Veronica Strang. Showing how the topic of ethics goes to the heart of anthropology, it raises the controversial question of why - and for whom - the anthropological discipline functions.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Business Ethics
- Social Science | Anthropology - General
Dewey: 174.930
LCCN: 2002045494
Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.36" W x 9.48" (1.13 lbs) 256 pages