Culture and well-being : anthropological approaches to freedom and political ethics /
"The concept of well-being has emerged as a key category of social and political thought, especially in the fields of moral and political philosophy, development studies and economics. This book takes a critical look at the notion of well-being by examining what well-being means, or could mean,...
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London ; Ann Arbor, MI :
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2008.
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| Series: | Anthropology, culture, and society.
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Culture and well-being : |b anthropological approaches to freedom and political ethics / |c edited by Alberto Corsín Jiménez. |
| 260 | |a London ; |a Ann Arbor, MI : |b Pluto Press, |c 2008. | ||
| 300 | |a vii, 207 p. ; |c 23 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Anthropology, culture, and society | |
| 500 | |a Papers originally presented at a conference held at the University of Manchester in Sept. 2004. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g Introduction: |t Well-being's re-proportioning of social thought / |r Alberto Corsin Jimenez -- |g Part I: |t Distributive values: |g 1. |t The impossibility of wellbeing: development language and the pathologisation of Nepal / |r Ian Harper and Bryan Maddox -- |g 2. |t Good ways and bad ways: transformations of law and mining in Papua New Guinea / |r Eric Hirsch -- |g Part II. |t Persons: |g 3. |t Well-being: in whose opinion, and who pays? / |r Wendy James -- |g 4. |t Primed for well-being: young people, diabetes and insulin pumps / |r Griet Scheldeman -- |g 5. |t On well-being, being well and well-becoming: on the move with hospital porters / |r Nigel Rapport -- |g Part III: |t Proportionalities: |g 6. |t Measuring--or practicing--well-being? / |r Michael Lambek -- |g 7. |t 'Realising the substance of their happiness': how anthropology forgot about homo gauisus / |r Neil Thin -- |g 8. |t The intension and extension of well-being: transformation in diaspora Jain understandings of non-violence / |r James Laidlaw -- |g 9. |t Well-being in anthropological balance: remarks on proportionality as political imagination / |r Alberto Corsin Jiménez -- |t Notes on contributors. |
| 520 | 1 | |a "The concept of well-being has emerged as a key category of social and political thought, especially in the fields of moral and political philosophy, development studies and economics. This book takes a critical look at the notion of well-being by examining what well-being means, or could mean, to people living in a number of different regions, including Sudan, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, India, Sierra Leone and the UK. The contributors take issue with some of the assumptions behind Western concepts of well-being. They explore what characterises a 'good life' and how this idea has been affected by globalisation and neoliberalism. The book makes a major contribution to social theory by presenting new analytical models that make sense of the changing shapes of people's life and ethical values."--book jacket. | |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Politische Ethik. |2 swd |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Freiheit. |2 swd |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Wohlbefinden. |2 swd |
| 650 | 7 | |a Politieke ethiek. |2 gtt | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Social norms |v Cross-cultural studies |v Congresses. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Well-being |x Philosophy |v Congresses. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Well-being |v Cross-cultural studies |v Congresses. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Well-being |x Political aspects |v Congresses. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Values |v Cross-cultural studies |v Congresses. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Culture |v Cross-cultural studies |v Congresses. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Vrijheid. |2 gtt | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Welbevinden. |2 gtt | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Antropologische aspecten. |2 gtt | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Kulturvergleich. |2 idszbz | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Soziale Norm. |2 idszbz | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Wohlbefinden. |2 idszbz | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Philosophie. |2 idszbz | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Jiménez, Alberto Corsín. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Anthropology, culture, and society. | |
| 899 | |a 415_565117 | ||
| 988 | |a 20110311 | ||
| 906 | |0 OCLC | ||