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CULTURE AND WELL-BEING
ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO FREEDOM AND POLITICAL ETHICS |
| By: |
Alberto Corsin Jimenez (Editor) |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1849643687 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781849643689 |
| Publisher: |
PLUTO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
20 November, 2007 |
| Series: |
Anthropology, Culture and Society |
| Pages: |
216 |
| Description: |
The book explores what characterises a 'good life' and how this idea has been affected by globalisation and neoliberalism. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Pluto Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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