February 9, 2007
Request for Help - Culture, Ethos, Ethics
I’m working on a field statement on the anthropology of ethics, ethics here referring not to some specific content, but to different modes for organizing practical reason, justice, and the good.
At present I’m trying to work a the relationship between culture and ethics. I’m intrigued by a sentence in Anthropos Today… “By ethos I refer to that space of practice at the interface of ethics and culture. It is a premise of this work that both of the later terms are very much in question today.” (Rabinow 2003, 4) I was wondering if any of you might be able to help direct me to places in Paul’s writing where this is further elaborated. I’m nearly through with a second reading of Anthropos Today and I’m not finding it. It does however seem that logos and equipment will be two of the other terms which will need to go on this mapping. Are there other articles or working papers?
If either Paul or Gaymon would be willing to send me the working paper on equipment I would be eternally grateful. Or perhaps others have worked through this spot already and might be willing to share your thoughts with me.