Bodily/material culture and the fighter's subjectivity

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2390983
AutoresJean-Pierre Warnier (Centre d’études africaines (Ceaf), EHESS, Paris, France), Jean‐pierre Warnier (École des hautes études en sciences sociales, autor correspondente)
Ano2011
Volume16
Fascículo4
Páginas359-375
Data de publicação2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Material Culture (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1359-1835 • E-ISSN: 1460-3586
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359183511424840
OpenAlexW2109367922
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18
Referências citadas13

In this article, the author contends that the practice of warfare involves fighters' subjectivity, which can be partly accessed by investigating fighters' bodily/material culture. If this is the case, one would expect there to be a subjectivity gap between the social scientist, on the one hand, and the experienced fighter, on the other. This problem is discussed with regard to a Cameroon kingdom of the early 20th century and a fighter in the First World War (as analysed by the historians Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau and Annette Becker), which enables the author to make significant comparisons

Aesthetics · Epistemology · Sociology · Subjectivity · Education, sociology, and vocational training · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · North African History and Literature · Philosophy