E. P. Thompson and Moral Economies

A Companion to Moral Anthropology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 49-66

  Edelman, Marc ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

"context," as caution on cross cultural transhistorical comparisons; E. P. Thompson and moral economies; Thompson's "ANTHROPOLOGIES" and anthropologists' neglect; Thompson's biography, thinking methods, explaining the theoretical orientation; Thompson's concept of "moral," and its profound political content; Thompson's use of "moral" in moral economy, "to mores" to a vis vis society; Thompson's use of moral economy, initiated with his William Morris

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881520466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118290620.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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