THE GOOD BEHIND THE GIFT: MORALITY AND EXCHANGE AMONG THE MANEO OF EASTERN INDONESIA.

From: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute | Date: September 9, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

This study examines the way morality in Maneo shapes giving and receiving and frames the assessment of those actions by participants. Specifically, it applies an Aristotelian conception of morality that views practice as moral to the extent it is oriented towards others, and thus seeks to link it to broader changes and continuities in the system of marriage payments. Against other, normative conceptions of morality and society, and in contrast to most practice approaches which minimizes its importance, the study finds that moral agency represents a vital dimension to exchange that, while ...

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