When ethics runs counter to morals

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Autor(a) principal: Pina-Cabral, Joao
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/47897
Resumo: In the present conjuncture, Brazilian social anthropologists are facing a major challenge to their work. I suggest that this happens because of anthropology’s central dependence on the ethnographic method. The ethnographer’s direct contact with the people they study gives rise to an ethical response that moves the ethnographer beyond abstract moral principles. But, in the world of Jair Bolsonaro or Donald Trump, ethics counters morals: the objectivized, legalistic formulas favored by these autocratic ideologues (supposedly representing “tradition” and “identity”) turn out not to correspond to the actual conditions that face the persons that anthropologists meet in the field, who experience oppression and suffering in their lives.
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spelling When ethics runs counter to moralsBrazilconjunctureethnographic gesturede-ethnocentrificationethicsmoralsconservatismprogressivismpharyseismIn the present conjuncture, Brazilian social anthropologists are facing a major challenge to their work. I suggest that this happens because of anthropology’s central dependence on the ethnographic method. The ethnographer’s direct contact with the people they study gives rise to an ethical response that moves the ethnographer beyond abstract moral principles. But, in the world of Jair Bolsonaro or Donald Trump, ethics counters morals: the objectivized, legalistic formulas favored by these autocratic ideologues (supposedly representing “tradition” and “identity”) turn out not to correspond to the actual conditions that face the persons that anthropologists meet in the field, who experience oppression and suffering in their lives.University of Chicago PressRepositório da Universidade de LisboaPina-Cabral, Joao2021-05-14T15:21:43Z20202020-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/47897engPina-Cabral, J. (2020). When ethics runs counter to morals. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 8 (2). pp. 50-532575-143310.1086/708679info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-11-20T18:04:44Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/47897Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openairemluisa.alvim@gmail.comopendoar:71602024-11-20T18:04:44Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv When ethics runs counter to morals
title When ethics runs counter to morals
spellingShingle When ethics runs counter to morals
Pina-Cabral, Joao
Brazil
conjuncture
ethnographic gesture
de-ethnocentrification
ethics
morals
conservatism
progressivism
pharyseism
title_short When ethics runs counter to morals
title_full When ethics runs counter to morals
title_fullStr When ethics runs counter to morals
title_full_unstemmed When ethics runs counter to morals
title_sort When ethics runs counter to morals
author Pina-Cabral, Joao
author_facet Pina-Cabral, Joao
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pina-Cabral, Joao
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Brazil
conjuncture
ethnographic gesture
de-ethnocentrification
ethics
morals
conservatism
progressivism
pharyseism
topic Brazil
conjuncture
ethnographic gesture
de-ethnocentrification
ethics
morals
conservatism
progressivism
pharyseism
description In the present conjuncture, Brazilian social anthropologists are facing a major challenge to their work. I suggest that this happens because of anthropology’s central dependence on the ethnographic method. The ethnographer’s direct contact with the people they study gives rise to an ethical response that moves the ethnographer beyond abstract moral principles. But, in the world of Jair Bolsonaro or Donald Trump, ethics counters morals: the objectivized, legalistic formulas favored by these autocratic ideologues (supposedly representing “tradition” and “identity”) turn out not to correspond to the actual conditions that face the persons that anthropologists meet in the field, who experience oppression and suffering in their lives.
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