ANTH 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Psychological Anthropology, Thick Description, Franz Boas

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Lecture 8: metaphor, universalism and relativism: essay assignment. And similarly, with respect to today"s lecture, what metaphors are employed in the rules, and what is the message, the web of meaning produced by these metaphors: recapitulation: performance. I want you to be clear about the connection between these two statements and to realize that they are not contradictory but connected with each other in a coherent manner. They are two ways of stating the same state of affairs. I have said that from a semiotic perspective, all our behavior (from breathing to speaking and writing) is significant, has sign-character. Even the physiological processes of the body (like blood circulation, metabolism, etc. ) say something, that is: stand for something else than themselves for myself and for the other person. That doesn"t mean that my heartbeat exhausts itself in its signifying function.

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