Jason Throop
Biographic Data
| ID | 198387 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jason Throop |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jason |
| FAMILY NAME | Throop |
| SIGNATURE | THROOP J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 113 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Phenomenology
Phenomenology is one of the most influential philosophical traditions of the twentieth century and has significantly shaped contemporary anthropological and social theory. This entry shows the various ways in which phenomenology has contributed to contemporary anthropology. In so doing, it also shows that a better understanding of the phenomenological tradition and what it offers social and historical analysis could further contribute to the deve…
Dark and Bright Empathy: Phenomenological and Anthropological Reflections
The aim of our contribution is to clarify the nature of empathy and its role in sociality. Taking issue with a recent proposal by Bubandt and Willerslev, we argue that their conceptualization and definition of empathy is confused, that they fail to distinguish sufficiently clearly between empathy and other forms of social cognition, and that their main claim, that empathy has a dark side to it and can be used for nefarious purposes, far from bein…
The Anthropology of Ethics and Morality
Anthropologists have sustained a varied and active engagement with ethics throughout the field's history. In light of this long-standing engagement, what marks the distinctiveness of the current ethical turn? To think in Foucauldian terms, ethics/morality now looms large precisely because it has been problematized. Although there has been a recent outpouring of work on ethics, and a widely shared concern to move beyond overly collectivist account…
Suffering and Sentiment: Exploring the Vicissitudes of Experience and Pain in Yap
Suffering and Sentiment examines the cultural and personal experiences of chronic and acute pain sufferers in a richly described account of everyday beliefs, values, and practices on the island of Yap (Waqab), Federated States of Micronesia. C. Jason Throop provides a vivid sense of Yapese life as he explores the local systems of knowledge, morality, and practice that pertain to experiencing and expressing pain. In so doing, Throop investigates t…
Experience, Culture and Reality: The Significance of Fisher Information for Understanding the Relationship between Alternative States of Consciousness and the Structures of Reality
The majority of the world’s cultures encourage or require members to enter alternative states of\nconsciousness (ASC) while involved in religious rituals. The question is, why? This paper suggests\nan explanation for the culturally prescribed ASC from the view of Fisher information. It argues\nfrom the position, first put forward by Emile Durkheim in his magnum opus, The Elementary\nForms of the Religious Life, that all religions are grounded in …
The Anthropology of Ethics and Morality
Anthropologists have sustained a varied and active engagement with ethics throughout the field's history. In light of this long-standing engagement, what marks the distinctiveness of the current ethical turn? To think in Foucauldian terms, ethics/morality now looms large precisely because it has been problematized. Although there has been a recent outpouring of work on ethics, and a widely shared concern to move beyond overly collectivist account…
Dark and Bright Empathy: Phenomenological and Anthropological Reflections
The aim of our contribution is to clarify the nature of empathy and its role in sociality. Taking issue with a recent proposal by Bubandt and Willerslev, we argue that their conceptualization and definition of empathy is confused, that they fail to distinguish sufficiently clearly between empathy and other forms of social cognition, and that their main claim, that empathy has a dark side to it and can be used for nefarious purposes, far from bein…
Experience, Culture and Reality: The Significance of Fisher Information for Understanding the Relationship between Alternative States of Consciousness and the Structures of Reality
The majority of the world’s cultures encourage or require members to enter alternative states of\nconsciousness (ASC) while involved in religious rituals. The question is, why? This paper suggests\nan explanation for the culturally prescribed ASC from the view of Fisher information. It argues\nfrom the position, first put forward by Emile Durkheim in his magnum opus, The Elementary\nForms of the Religious Life, that all religions are grounded in …
Suffering and Sentiment: Exploring the Vicissitudes of Experience and Pain in Yap
Suffering and Sentiment examines the cultural and personal experiences of chronic and acute pain sufferers in a richly described account of everyday beliefs, values, and practices on the island of Yap (Waqab), Federated States of Micronesia. C. Jason Throop provides a vivid sense of Yapese life as he explores the local systems of knowledge, morality, and practice that pertain to experiencing and expressing pain. In so doing, Throop investigates t…
The Anthropology of Ethics and Morality
Anthropologists have sustained a varied and active engagement with ethics throughout the field's history. In light of this long-standing engagement, what marks the distinctiveness of the current ethical turn? To think in Foucauldian terms, ethics/morality now looms large precisely because it has been problematized. Although there has been a recent outpouring of work on ethics, and a widely shared concern to move beyond overly collectivist account…
Dark and Bright Empathy: Phenomenological and Anthropological Reflections
The aim of our contribution is to clarify the nature of empathy and its role in sociality. Taking issue with a recent proposal by Bubandt and Willerslev, we argue that their conceptualization and definition of empathy is confused, that they fail to distinguish sufficiently clearly between empathy and other forms of social cognition, and that their main claim, that empathy has a dark side to it and can be used for nefarious purposes, far from bein…
Phenomenology
Phenomenology is one of the most influential philosophical traditions of the twentieth century and has significantly shaped contemporary anthropological and social theory. This entry shows the various ways in which phenomenology has contributed to contemporary anthropology. In so doing, it also shows that a better understanding of the phenomenological tradition and what it offers social and historical analysis could further contribute to the deve…
Psychology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Phenomenology (philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Alterity (1 works)