An Anthropology of Ethics (New Departures in Anthropology)

Through An Ambitious And Critical Revision Of Michel Foucault's Investigation Of Ethics, James Faubion Develops An Original Program Of Empirical Inquiry Into The Ethical Domain. From An Anthropological Perspective, Faubion Argues That Foucault's Specification Of The Analytical Parameters Of This Domain Is The Most Productive Point Of Departure In Conceptualizing Its Distinctive Features. He Further Argues That Foucault's Framework Is In Need Of Substantial Revision To Be Of Genuinely Anthropological Scope. In Making This Revision, Faubion Illustrates His Program With Two Extended Case Studies: One Of A Portuguese Marquis And The Other Of A Dual Subject Made Up Of The Author And A Millenarian Prophetess. The Result Is A Conceptual Apparatus That Is Able To Accommodate Ethical Pluralism And Yield An Account Of The Limits Of Ethical Variation, Providing A Novel Resolution Of The Problem Of Relativism That Has Haunted Anthropological Inquiry Into Ethics Since Its Inception-- Machine Generated Contents Note: Part I. An Anthropology Of Ethics: 1. Precedents, Parameters, Potentials; 2. Foucault In Athens; 3. Ethical Others; Part Ii. Fieldwork In Ethics: 4. An Ethics Of Composure; 5. An Ethics Of Reckoning; Concluding Remarks: For Programmatic Inquiries; Bibliography. James D. Faubion. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 277-293) And Index. Cover......Page 1 Half-title......Page 3 Series-title......Page 5 Title......Page 7 Copyright......Page 8 Dedication......Page 9 Contents......Page 11 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Part I: An anthropology of ethics......Page 13 One: Precedents, parameters, potentials......Page 15 From flesh to virtue......Page 37 Ethics under analysis......Page 48 Besides and beyond the rule......Page 63 Recruitment and selection......Page 72 Scope, structure and priority......Page 78 The mode of ethical judgment......Page 81 Justness and the other......Page 83 The charismatic and the ethical......Page 92 Modes of ethical evaluation......Page 102 Ethical value......Page 107 Ethical value and identity......Page 109 From the ethical to the themitical......Page 116 Coda: the schematic parameters of the ethical domain......Page 127 Part II: Fieldwork in ethics......Page 129 Four: An ethics of composure......Page 131 What has been given......Page 134 Subjectivation: recruitment......Page 138 Mode of Subjectivation: Selection......Page 166 Mode of judgment: ethical valuation and ethical justification......Page 180 Mode of subjectivation: scope, structure and priority......Page 190 Telos......Page 198 Substance......Page 201 Pedagogy......Page 206 Reflexive......Page 208 Afterword......Page 213 Five: An ethics of reckoning......Page 215 The ungiven......Page 216 Mode of subjectification: selection and recruitment......Page 223 Mode of judgment: ethical valuation and justification......Page 244 Mode of subjectivation: scope, structure and priority......Page 255 Telos......Page 266 Substance......Page 268 Askêsis: pedagogical......Page 272 Pedagogy: reflexive......Page 276 Concluding remarks: for programmatic inquiries......Page 280 References......Page 289 Index......Page 307 "Through an ambitious and critical revision of Michel Foucault's investigation of ethics, James Faubion develops an original program of empirical inquiry into the ethical domain. From an anthropological perspective, Faubion argues that Foucault's specification of the analytical parameters of this domain is the most productive point of departure in conceptualizing its distinctive features. He further argues that Foucault's framework is in need of substantial revision to be of genuinely anthropological scope. In making this revision, Faubion illustrates his program with two extended case studies: one of a Portuguese marquis and the other of a dual subject made up of the author and a millenarian prophetess. The result is a conceptual apparatus that is able to accommodate ethical pluralism and yield an account of the limits of ethical variation, providing a novel resolution of the problem of relativism that has haunted anthropological inquiry into ethics since its inception"-- Provided by publisher "Through an ambitious and critical revision of Michel Foucault's investigation of ethics, James Faubion develops an original program of empirical inquiry into the ethical domain. From an anthropological perspective, Faubion argues that Foucault's specification of the analytical parameters of this domain is the most productive point of departure in conceptualizing its distinctive features. He further argues that Foucault's framework is in need of substantial revision to be of genuinely anthropological scope. In making this revision, Faubion illustrates his program with two extended case studies: one of a Portuguese marquis and the other of a dual subject made up of the author and a millenarian prophetess. The result is a conceptual apparatus that is able to accommodate ethical pluralism and yield an account of the limits of ethical variation, providing a novel resolution of the problem of relativism that has haunted anthropological inquiry into ethics since its inception"--Résumé de l'éditeur