Thad Metz (2007a) in his ground breaking article ‘Towards an African Moral Theory’ defends an African relational moral theory. 1 By ‘moral theory’ he refers to a principle of right action or ‘normative theorisation’, which involves invoking
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Relational Ethics and Partiality
A Critique of Thad Metz’s ‘Towards an African Moral Theory’
Motsamai Molefe
Idolatry and Relation
Martin Buber's View
Beniamino Fortis
is the negation of idolatry, which, in turn, is associated with a negation of relationality. Getting somewhat ahead of the explanation, I can already say now that Buber sees idolatry as a human attitude which prevents relationality. He regards
Waiting
Anticipation and Episodic Time
Cheryl Mattingly
, refusing their invitations into a shared community of suffering. She did not believe they truly cared for her – they were ‘hypocritical’, she asserted. She was convinced that some were gossiping about her ‘behind her back’. These relational difficulties
In The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology
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- 01 Mar 2019
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- Research Article
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- 17–31 (15 total)
Immobility
The Relational and Experiential Qualities of an Ambiguous Concept
Noel B. Salazar
article, then, I reflect critically on human immobility as both an analytical concept and as a lived experience. I start by semantically disentangling the unavoidable relational dynamics of immobility with its positive semantic opposite, mobility. The fact
From Colonial Extractivism to Hearting and Feelthinking
Reflections on Accompanying Women Territory Defenders in Bolivia.
Floor van der Hout
the decolonial potential of my methodological approach acompañar , inspired by feminist and indigenous work on relationality, embodiment, feelthinking, and hearting that challenges the colonial extractivist logic. I use Sundberg's (2014) definition
The anthropology of infrastructure
The boom and the bubble?
Natalia Buier
argue, should strive for a critical deconstruction of the contemporary infrastructural moment. In the first part of the article, I engage with the arguments in favor of infrastructure as an analytical lens by focusing on their treatment of relationality
Professionalizing Persons and Foretelling Futures
Capacity Building in Post-Earthquake Haiti
Kristin LaHatte
governance’ and increasing development effectiveness through measurable, transferable and auditable outcomes. Development practitioners actualize capacity building efforts through the sanctioning of certain kinds of relationality. According to the
In The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology
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- 01 Mar 2017
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 17–30 (14 total)
Pleasure and Dementia
On Becoming an Appreciating Subject
Annelieke Driessen
. My analysis of these situations suggests that pleasure is a relational achievement, comparable to the organization of passion as put forward by Gomart and Hennion (1999) . I describe how care professionals 2 craft the conditions that subsequently
In The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2018
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 23–39 (17 total)
Making Masculinities on the Street
Exploring Street Boys’ Everyday Relationships on the Streets of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Thandie Hlabana, Lorraine van Blerk, and Janine Hunter
Masculinity research has seen a shift from essentialist perspectives on gender and power toward relational understandings of the social construction of gender and identity. The work of Raewyn Connell played a unique and significant role in this
Relational Teaching with Boys
Joseph Nelson
Michael Reichert and Richard Hawley. 2014. I Can Learn from You: Boys as Relational Learners. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press. 216 pp. ISBN: 9781612506647