An Anthropology of the Enlightenment: Moral Social Relations Then and Today Wardle Huon
An Anthropology of the Enlightenment: Moral Social Relations Then and Today Wardle Huon In a time of intellectual uncertainty, the question of how we know what we do about human lives becomes ever…
Specifikacia An Anthropology of the Enlightenment: Moral Social Relations Then and Today Wardle Huon
An Anthropology of the Enlightenment: Moral Social Relations Then and Today Wardle Huon
In a time of intellectual uncertainty, the question of how we know what we do about human lives becomes ever more pressing. The volume focuses in particular on how 'moral sentiment' offered a guiding idea in Enlightenment thought. The essays collated in this volume argue that anthropology can be used to acknowledge, explore and interpret divergence and ideological conflict over human meaning.Using questions raised as part of the Enlightenment movement, this volume is structured around some of the key themes the Enlightenment fostered, including human nature, time, Earth and the Cosmos, beauty, order, harmony and design, moral sentiments, and the query of whether wealthy nations make for healthy publics.
The essays therefore trace historical connections and The idea of 'moral sentiment' is central to the essays' grappling with the ethical anxieties of contemporary anthropology.