The Anthropology of Morality in Melanesia and Beyond

Contents: Introduction: the anthropological study of morality in Melanesia, John Barker Part I Moral Exemplars in Village Society: Morality, politics and the Melanesian big man: on The Melanesian Manager and the transformation of political anthropology, Joel Robbins When is it moral to be a sorcerer?, Doug Dalton. Part II The Morality of Modernity: Moral exchange and exchanging morals: alternative paths of cultural change in Papua New Guinea, Bruce M. Knauft All sides now: the postcolonial triangle in Uiaku, John Barker Reconfiguring amity at Ramu Sugar Ltd, Frederick Errington and Deborah Gewertz. Part III New Men and New Women: Changing minds : hysteria and the history of spirit mediumship in Telefolmin, Dan Jorgensen Morals and missionary positionality: Diyos of Duranmin, Roger Ivar Lohmann 'In the way' in Melanesia: modernity and the new woman in Papua New Guinea as Catholic missionary sister, Nancy C. Lutkehaus. Part IV Beyond Melanesia: Homo anthropologicus in aboriginal Australia: 'secular missionaries', Christians and morality in the field, Robert Tonkinson Reaching for the absolute, F.G. Bailey Epilogue, Kenelm Burridge Bibliography Index.