Beyond good and evil? Questioning the anthropological discomfort with morals

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-344

  Fassin, Didier ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Ethics; Moral anthropology; Moralities; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149440315     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499608096642     Document Type: Review

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