Managing Existence in Naples: Morality, Action and Structure: 104 (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Series Number 104)

Pardo, Italo

ISBN 10: 0521566657 / ISBN 13: 9780521566650

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2008

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A thoughtful account of life in Naples, and how moral questions are addressed in everyday choices. Series Editor(s): Fortes, Meyer; Leach, Edmund; Goody, Jack; Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja. Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380. . 2008. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Managing Existence in Naples: Morality, Action and Structure: 104 (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Series Number 104)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521566657
• ISBN 13: 9780521566650
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Neapolitan scholar Italo Pardo has produced a thoughtful and original account of the moral life of Naples, where the ethics of family and neighborhood exist in tension with the constraints of church and government. Dr. Pardo shows how different ethical systems are accommodated in the choices of everyday life, while success is measured by satisfying spiritual obligations as well as by material gain. This is one of the very few ethnographic studies of a European city; it questions old assumptions and raises fresh issues in the field of urban studies.

Book Description

This original account of moral life in Naples reveals how different ethical systems are accommodated within everyday life, while success is measured by satisfying spiritual obligations as well as material gain. It questions traditional assumptions and raises new issues in urban studies.