Fear and anthropology: a view from 1995
In broad terms the agenda of this paper is set by its title: by linking anthropology with fear, a concept with assumed general applicability, we are inevitably posing questions about the nature of cross-cultural categories. We have to confront the danger of imposing a Western concept on data from ot...
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| description | In broad terms the agenda of this paper is set by its title: by linking anthropology with fear, a concept with assumed general applicability, we are inevitably posing questions about the nature of cross-cultural categories. We have to confront the danger of imposing a Western concept on data from other societies. Any anthropological consideration of the human emotions must be concerned with the question of universality; with the relationship between the biological inheritance of humans and the autonomy of culture. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ed1367ef-f494-4d4b-85a6-4f872e1928672024-08-24T11:59:32ZFear and anthropology: a view from 1995Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ed1367ef-f494-4d4b-85a6-4f872e192867EnglishJASO_articles_36BulkUploadAnthropological Society of Oxford2022Morphy, HBanks, MBarnes, RHIn broad terms the agenda of this paper is set by its title: by linking anthropology with fear, a concept with assumed general applicability, we are inevitably posing questions about the nature of cross-cultural categories. We have to confront the danger of imposing a Western concept on data from other societies. Any anthropological consideration of the human emotions must be concerned with the question of universality; with the relationship between the biological inheritance of humans and the autonomy of culture. |
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