Ethical Life in South Asia

by Anand Pandian and Daud Ali

Book Overview

Breaking from prevailing conceptions of ethics and morality as matters of moral rule or principle, this volume calls attention to ethical life in South Asia--the moral dispositions at work in lived experience, and the embodied practices of ethical engagement through which such dispositions may be cultivated and shared. Taking up themes such as the transmission of tradition, ethical engagements with modernity, ethical practices of the self, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253222435
• ISBN13: 9780253222435
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher