Rather than measure the actions of their subjects by reference to either universal rationality or cultural relativism, contributors in this volume describe ordinary people as they value human relationships and reason through the commonplace contradictions of their local way of life in a global age.

"Anthropologists have become used to people's voices, 'analyses' even - this book breaks new ground by listening to 'arguments'. Arguments over what's best or right, moments of doubt or paradox about what's worthwhile, conundrums that need reasoning through. The approach is an enriching one,offering a novel purchase on the predicaments of social values in flux." - Marilyn Strathern, Professor of Social Anthropology, Cambridge University.

Autorentext

KAREN SYKES is Senior Lecturer of Anthropology, University of Manchester, UK.

Inhalt
Residence Valuers and Value: Words on an Uncommon Ground Privatization; C.Alexander Charity; S.Venkatesan Contestations of the Standards of Value Custom; K.Martin Corruption; A.Shah Moral Ambiguity and Paradoxes of Value Fakes; S.Brandtstadter Sacra; K.Sykes From Ethos to Pathos; C.A.Gregory