Why Do We Need Misanthropology in Anthropology? An Exploratory Essay in Deliberating the Research Subfield

Building up on Morson’s idea of misanthropology as the study of the cussedness of human nature I limit that notion to human social and cultural life, suggesting that misanthropology should be considered as misery inflicted upon humans by humans through mediation of society and culture. It is a plea...

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Autor principal:	Bojan Žikić
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Lenguaje:	EN FR SR
Publicado:	University of Belgrade 2017
Materias:	misanthropology humanitas virtue atrocity society and culture Anthropology GN1-890
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d2cb7c89d82f47129243433834ac5f5c2021-12-02T06:09:23ZWhy Do We Need Misanthropology in Anthropology? An Exploratory Essay in Deliberating the Research Subfield10.21301/eap.v11i4.10353-15892334-8801https://doaj.org/article/d2cb7c89d82f47129243433834ac5f5c2017-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.eap-iea.org/novi-ojs/index.php/eap/article/view/704https://doaj.org/toc/0353-1589https://doaj.org/toc/2334-8801 Building up on Morson’s idea of misanthropology as the study of the cussedness of human nature I limit that notion to human social and cultural life, suggesting that misanthropology should be considered as misery inflicted upon humans by humans through mediation of society and culture. It is a plea for anthropological investigations into whatever is opposed either to our cultural notion of humanitas, or to what is considered as a virtue in any given social or cultural context. I argue that such context could be crucial in understanding of what is locally thought of as morally, good, or positive, as well of what is opposed to these, but also that any such particular conception should not prevent anthropologists from considering human suffering as an objective and not just contextually dependable fact. Bojan ŽikićUniversity of Belgradearticlemisanthropologyhumanitasvirtueatrocitysociety and cultureAnthropologyGN1-890ENFRSREtnoantropološki Problemi, Vol 11, Iss 4 (2017)
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description	Building up on Morson’s idea of misanthropology as the study of the cussedness of human nature I limit that notion to human social and cultural life, suggesting that misanthropology should be considered as misery inflicted upon humans by humans through mediation of society and culture. It is a plea for anthropological investigations into whatever is opposed either to our cultural notion of humanitas, or to what is considered as a virtue in any given social or cultural context. I argue that such context could be crucial in understanding of what is locally thought of as morally, good, or positive, as well of what is opposed to these, but also that any such particular conception should not prevent anthropologists from considering human suffering as an objective and not just contextually dependable fact.
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Why Do We Need Misanthropology in Anthropology? An Exploratory Essay in Deliberating the Research Subfield

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