Two bodies or one? Reconsidering the anthropological idea of dichotomization as the basic mechanism of cultural thought about the body

In contemporary anthropology there are two prevailing ideas on the ways in which the human body is culturally thought of: dualism and monism. The first idea is linked to Western societies, and the second is linked to traditional communities, which are the most frequent frame of reference for anthrop...

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Autor principal:	Bojan Žikić
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Lenguaje:	EN FR SR
Publicado:	University of Belgrade 2016
Materias:	the body cultural thought Cartesian thought in anthropology Anthropology GN1-890
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e03329c216b14463a91cc29458a4b41b2021-12-02T01:52:50ZTwo bodies or one? Reconsidering the anthropological idea of dichotomization as the basic mechanism of cultural thought about the body10.21301/eap.v9i4.20353-15892334-8801https://doaj.org/article/e03329c216b14463a91cc29458a4b41b2016-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/82https://doaj.org/toc/0353-1589https://doaj.org/toc/2334-8801In contemporary anthropology there are two prevailing ideas on the ways in which the human body is culturally thought of: dualism and monism. The first idea is linked to Western societies, and the second is linked to traditional communities, which are the most frequent frame of reference for anthropological research, from the inception of the discipline up to contemporary times. The third, less prevalent idea suggests that there is no substantial difference between these different types of society, that all people, essentially, think about the body in a dualist way. The idea behind this paper is to set a basis for research which might come to show that, indeed, there is no substantial difference between ways in which people conceptualize the body and its cultural aspects in different societies, but that this is not the case because "we are all dualists", but because both dualist and monist cultural conceptualization of the body is contextual, and both of these can be found in societies and cultures which we signify as "modern" or "western".Bojan ŽikićUniversity of Belgradearticlethe bodycultural thoughtCartesian thought in anthropologyAnthropologyGN1-890ENFRSREtnoantropološki Problemi, Vol 9, Iss 4 (2016)
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description	In contemporary anthropology there are two prevailing ideas on the ways in which the human body is culturally thought of: dualism and monism. The first idea is linked to Western societies, and the second is linked to traditional communities, which are the most frequent frame of reference for anthropological research, from the inception of the discipline up to contemporary times. The third, less prevalent idea suggests that there is no substantial difference between these different types of society, that all people, essentially, think about the body in a dualist way. The idea behind this paper is to set a basis for research which might come to show that, indeed, there is no substantial difference between ways in which people conceptualize the body and its cultural aspects in different societies, but that this is not the case because "we are all dualists", but because both dualist and monist cultural conceptualization of the body is contextual, and both of these can be found in societies and cultures which we signify as "modern" or "western".
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title	Two bodies or one? Reconsidering the anthropological idea of dichotomization as the basic mechanism of cultural thought about the body
title_short	Two bodies or one? Reconsidering the anthropological idea of dichotomization as the basic mechanism of cultural thought about the body
title_full	Two bodies or one? Reconsidering the anthropological idea of dichotomization as the basic mechanism of cultural thought about the body
title_fullStr	Two bodies or one? Reconsidering the anthropological idea of dichotomization as the basic mechanism of cultural thought about the body
title_full_unstemmed	Two bodies or one? Reconsidering the anthropological idea of dichotomization as the basic mechanism of cultural thought about the body
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Two bodies or one? Reconsidering the anthropological idea of dichotomization as the basic mechanism of cultural thought about the body

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