Ethical Historical Anthropology as a Research Paradigm
With the"ethical turn"in historical anthropology,combining empirical analytical methods of anthropology with value analysis methods of ethics to conduct a historical examination of social ethical life or ethical culture has become a new research paradigm,namely ethical historical anthropology.In the research content,this turn ismanifested by analyzing social life from an"ethical"dimension through a multitude of historical materials;in the analytical path,it is by moving from individuals to groups,from structures to processes;and in the research method,by analyzing social moral life or ethi-cal cultural traditions through mutual corroboration of"history"and"ethos".In terms of academic at-tributes,ethical historical anthropology highlights the historical dimension of social ethical life or cul-ture,emphasizing the cultural interpretation and pluralistic characteristics of the history of social mor-al life or ethical culture,and the interaction between social memory and the history of social ethical life or culture.In terms of narrative framework,ethical historical anthropology mainly narrates the ethical nature and subjectivity of human beings,the cultivation and development of virtues,the spatial presen-tation of virtues,and the social construction process of virtues around elements such as people,gods,culture,land,production,scenery,and history.Due to its academic characteristics and unique narrative,as a new research paradigm,the value of ethical historical anthropology is mainly reflected in its dem-onstration and guidance for the interdisciplinary development of new liberal arts,transcending the de-bate between normative ethics and virtue ethics,and responding to the neglected issues of the past.
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