Culture and Well-Being: Anthropological Approaches to Freedom and Political Ethics

ISBN-13: 9780745326801 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 216 str.

Alberto Corsin Jimenez

Opis

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 characterizes a "good life" and how this idea has been affected by globalization 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.