Eric Wolf's Ethical-political Humanism, and Beyond
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2360652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Josiah Mcc Heyman (Sociology and Anthropology Department at the University of Texas at El Paso, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-25 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critique of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-275X • E-ISSN: 1460-3721 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0308275x05048610 |
| OpenAlex | W2122081374 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 27 |
This article reviews the references to humanity and humanism in Eric R. Wolf's work. These words have particular rhetorical weight in his books, indicating that they convey his ethical-political perspective. Yet Wolf's own emphasis on history, context, power and transformation present challenges to a broad-brush humanism, as do writings of other social theorists. The article considers those criticisms, exploring replies to them derived from Wolf's work. This textual, intellectual work speaks to contemporary anthropology, which openly considers ethical-political perspectives (e.g. militant and engaged anthropologies) and in which 'humanism' is increasingly being advocated as a central value. Ethical-political humanism is proposed to be a framework for combined scientific and normative discussion, in which values of individual, collectivity (cultures), and shared commonality come into play
Context (archaeology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Humanism · Humanity · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Rhetorical question · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Law · Philosophy
Death Without Weeping
The Quality of Life
The new constellation
Europe and the people without history
Margaret Mead and Samoa
Writing and Difference
Social and Cultural Anthropology
The Blank Slate
Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity
Coevolution
Envisioning Power
Anthropology and Human Rights
Margaret Mead and Samoa, The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth
Primate Visions
Writing Women's Worlds
Quest for the Real Samoa
The Inverse of Power
Ethnography and the Politics of Prisoners in Palestine-Israel
Genes and Cultures
The Primacy of the Ethical
Moral Models in Anthropology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2018 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |