Book Description
Outgrowth of an international workshop on the subject of South Asian ethical practices held in Vancouver, Canada in September 2007.
Author : Anand Pandian
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 40,15 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Religion and ethics
ISBN : 0253355281
Outgrowth of an international workshop on the subject of South Asian ethical practices held in Vancouver, Canada in September 2007.
Author : Barbara Daly Metcalf
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,36 MB
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520046603
"The essays in this volume explore adab, the Muslim ideal of the harmonious life of a person who knows the proper relationship to God, to others, and to oneself, and who, as a result, plays a special role among his or her fellows."--Jacket.
Author : Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
Publisher :
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 24,51 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Ethics
ISBN :
Author : Didier Fassin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 27,65 MB
Release : 2015-01-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1118959507
A Companion to Moral Anthropology is the first collective consideration of the anthropological dimensions of morals, morality, and ethics. Original essays by international experts explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in this important new discipline, examining topics such as the ethnography of moralities, the study of moral subjectivities, and the exploration of moral economies. Investigates the central legacies of moral anthropology, the formation of moral facts and values, the context of local moralities, and the frontiers between moralities, politics, humanitarianism Features contributions from pioneers in the field of moral anthropology, as well as international experts in related fields such as moral philosophy, moral psychology, evolutionary biology and neuroethics
Author : Diane P. Mines
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 13,65 MB
Release : 2002
Category : South Asia
ISBN : 9780253340801
A lively and informative introduction to the peoples and cultures of South Asia
Author : Ayesha Jalal
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 22,77 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0674039076
Today, more than ever, jihad signifies the political opposition between Islam and the West. As the line drawn between Muslims and non-Muslims becomes more rigid, Jalal seeks to retrieve the ethical meanings of this core Islamic principle in South Asian history. Drawing on historical, legal, and literary sources, Jalal traces the intellectual itinerary of jihad through several centuries and across the territory connecting the Middle East with South Asia.
Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,95 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
Author : Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
Publisher :
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 14,40 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Tribes
ISBN :
Author : Assa Doron
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,48 MB
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1317988388
Health, Culture and Religion in South Asia brings together top international scholars from a range of social science disciplines to critically explore the interplay of local cultural and religious practices in the delivery and experiences of health in South Asia. This groundbreaking text provides much needed insight into the relationships between health, culture, community, livelihood, and the nation-state, and in particular, the recent struggles of disadvantaged groups to gain access to health care in South Asia. The book brings together anthropologists, sociologists, economists, health researchers and development specialists to provide the reader with an interdisciplinary approach to the study of South Asian health and a comprehensive understanding of cutting edge research in this area. Addressing key issues affecting a range of geographical areas including India, Nepal and Pakistan, this text will be essential reading for students and researchers interested in Asian Studies and for those interested in gaining a better understanding of health in developing countries. This book was published as a special issue of South Asian History and Culture.
Author : William Siew Wai Lim
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 20,38 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 981256313X
- The author, having lectured widely on subjects relating to architecture and urbanism around the region, has in depth knowledge of Asian cities and their urban and architectural conditions - The book provides an alternative urbanism addressing the unprecedented urban explosion in the emerging non-Western economies and the increasingly prevalent post-modern conditions of pluralistic culture, tolerance of differences, fragmentation and chaotic order - The book presents a radical theory of Asian ethical urbanism, which transcends and discards the constraints and rigidity of modernist planning and situates its critical substances within the challenging conditions of Asian cities today