M. Johnson
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2013
9780230296565
Evaluating Culture
Well-Being, Institutions and Circumstance
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
|
Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
2013
ISBN13: 9780230296565
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
From which evaluative base should we develop policies designed to promote wellbeing among different cultural groups in varying circumstances? This book engages with needs and capabilities to advance normative functionalist assessment of the success with which cultural institutions promote eudaemonic wellbeing in given, determinate circumstances.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780230296565
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Hoofdrubriek:Mens en maatschappij
Inhoudsopgave
List of Illustrations Note on the Author Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Case Against Cultural Evaluation: Relativism, Culturalism and Romanticism 2. Needs, Goods and Self-actualization 3. Capabilities, Zero-sum Choices and Equality 4. What is Culture? What does it do? What should it do? 5. Circumstance, Materialism and Possibilism 6. Applying the Theory: Sources of Harm in Aboriginal Australian Communities Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography Index
