ANTH 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Eurozone, Melanesians, Quantile
27 Nov 2012
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Humans don"t exist on their own - they need some sort of relationship, with the human network. Melanesians don"t conceive of objects and persons as independent entities. The idea that there is some independent being, not related to nature or culture, does not exist over there (e. g. like a god) They"re fractile (bits and parts put together) not fragmented. The person who gives does not exist before they give and the relationship that occurs with this giving. People only acquire their identities from the relationships in which they participate. Certain relations allow you to exist in a particular way. What if humans were like onions - relations are peels, and without peels, humans are gone (onions don"t have core) Idea that humans are not individuals isn"t old. Beginning of renaissance --> each being is singular/unique from others. This uniqueness is shown by the emergence of portraits that are. Realistic and show the people"s true physical features.
