Morality, Crisis and Capitalism

'May you live in interesting times was made famous by Sir Austen Chamberlain. The premise is that interesting times are times of upheaval, conflict and insecurity - troubled times. With the growing numbers of displaced populations and the rise in the politics of fear and hate, we are facing challenges to our very species-being . Papers in the volume include ethnographic studies on the refugee crisis , the financial crisis and the rule of law crisis' in the Mediterranean as well as the crisis of violence and hunger in South America.