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Engaging evil : a moral anthropology. edited by William C. Olsen and Thomas J. Csordas

Olsen, William C 2019

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  • Titre:
    Engaging evil : a moral anthropology. edited by William C. Olsen and Thomas J. Csordas
  • Titres liés: Collection :Methodology and history in anthropology 36 Engaging evil
  • Titre de forme: Engaging evil
  • Auteur: Olsen, William C
  • Éditeur: New York N.Y. Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2019
  • Sujets: Problème du mal;
    Bien et mal;
    Souffrance -- Anthropologie;
    Violence -- Anthropologie;
    Philosophie de l'homme;
    Homme (théologie chrétienne);
    Ethnologie;
    Good and evil -- Social aspects;
    Philosophical anthropology;
    Theological anthropology;
    Anthropological ethics
  • Notes: La ressource est également disponible en version électronique
    Bibliogr. en fin de contributions. Index
  • Contient: Introduction / William C. Olsen and Thomas Csordas Evil and anthropology Evil and suffering Evil and violence Afterword / David Parkin
    From theodicy to homodicy : evil as an anthropological problem / Thomas Csordas On the concept of "evil" in anthropological analyses and political violence / Byron Good Speak no evil : inversion and evasion in Indonesia / Andrew Beatty Mother evil in Hell Valley : a Creole transvalorization of evil in Trinidad / Roland Littlewood Satan on the Old Kent Road : articulations of evil in a pentecostal diaspora / Simon Coleman The transformation of evil in Nepal / David Gellner Radical evil and the notion of conscience: a Buddhist meditation on Christian soteriology / Gananath Obeyesekere Are spirits satanic? : the ambiguity of evil in Niger / Adeline Masqulier Engaging evil and excess in Palestine/Israel / Julie Peteet The violence of evil : a biocultural approach to violence, memory, and pain / Ventura Perez The intention of evil : Asram in Asante / William C. Olsen Monsters, sadists, and the unspectacular torture experience / Nerina Weiss
  • Résumé: La 4e de couv. indique : "Anthropologists have expressed wariness about the concept of evil even in discussions of morality and ethics, in part because the concept carries its own cultural baggage and theological implications in Euro-American societies. Addressing the problem of evil as a distinctly human phenomenon and a category of ethnographic analysis, this volume shows the usefulness of engaging evil as a descriptor of empirical reality where concepts such as violence, criminality, and hatred fall short of capturing the darkest side of human existence."
  • Langue: Anglais
  • Date d'édition: 2019
  • Identifiant: 978-1-78920-213-7
  • Desc. matérielle: 1 vol. (vi-313 p.) : couv. ill. en coul. ; 24 cm

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