Nature, ritual, and society in Japan's Ryukyu Islands
In: Japan anthropology workshop series
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In: Japan anthropology workshop series
In: The journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Band 26, Heft 4, S. 902-903
ISSN: 1467-9655
In: Journal of extreme anthropology, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 98-110
ISSN: 2535-3241
This is a commentary article on existing anthropological views on headhunting practices. Its focus is an article by Mikkelsen (2017) in this journal, 'Facehunting: Empathy, Masculinity and Violence among the Bugkalot.' The commentary article sees value in Mikkelsen's critical stance on the issue of extreme violence, such as headhunting not entailing a prior dehumanization of the victim. 'Headhunting as Reflexive Violence' addresses an issue of 'selective empathy,' and concludes that in light of the Bugkalot ethnography and impulsive headhunting, the discussion point could be one, following Persson and Savulescu (2017), of 'reflexive empathy.' The article argues that attention should be given to the material, plastic, and tonal practices celebrating and possibly even eliciting the kill. These might provide us with a rare window into the way cultural techniques can embellish violence.
In: Oslo studies in social anthropology
In: Ethnos, Band 57, Heft 3-4, S. 245-283
ISSN: 1469-588X