People of Substance - An Ethnography of Morality in the Colombian Amazon

Informationen zum Autor By Carlos David Londoño Sulkin Klappentext Londoño Sulkin explains a number of key issues and debates in Amazonian anthropology with great clarity, making People of Substance a useful text for students. Zusammenfassung Londono Sulkin explains a number of key issues and debates in Amazonian anthropology with great clarity, making People of Substance a useful text for students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Tables and Figures Acknowledgements The Muinane language: generalities and spelling conventions Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The constitution of the moral self Chapter 3: Reflecting on evil and responsibility Chapter 4: Agency and transformation Chapter 5: The substances of humanity Chapter 6: Virtuous relationships and social organization Chapter 7: Shaped and historical moralities Appendix 1: Kinship terminology Criteria for the classification of kin Some notes on marriage and affinity A comparative synthesis Endnotes Bibliography

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• Authors: Carlos Londono Sulkin, Carlos David Londono Sulkin, Carlos Londono-Sulkin, Roy McMurtry, Carlos Londono Sulkin
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.04.2012
• EAN: 9781442613737
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-1373-7
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History; Anthropological Horizons; Anthropological Horizons (Univ; Anthropological Horizons; Anthropological Horizons (Univ
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore