Eating Human Beings
Varieties of Cannibalism and the Heterogeneity of Human Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5800381 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mikel Burley (0000-0002-7446-3564, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 483-501 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8191 • E-ISSN: 1469-817X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0031819116000322 |
| OpenAlex | W2508397588 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 22 |
Philosophy as well as anthropology is a discipline concerned with what it means to be human, and hence with investigating the multiple ways of making sense of human life. An important task in this process is to remain open to diverse conceptions of human beings, not least conceptions that may on the face of it appear to be morally alien. A case in point are conceptions that are bound up with cannibalism, a practice sometimes assumed to be so morally scandalous that it probably never happens, at least in a culturally sanctioned form. Questioning this assumption, along with Cora Diamond's contention that the very concept of a human being involves a prohibition against consuming human flesh, the present article explores how cannibalism can have an intelligible place in a human society - exemplified by the Wari' of western Brazil. By coming to see this, we are enabled to enlarge our conception of the heterogeneity of possible ways of being human
Alien · Biology · Cannibalism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept · Human life · Humanity · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Ecology · Law · Philosophy
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Handbook of American Indians, North of Mexico
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The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy
Thus Are Our Bodies, Thus Was Our Custom
Relations between Funerary Cannibalism and Warfare Cannibalism
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |