Fear and anthropology: a view from 1995

Journal article

In broad terms the agenda of this paper is set by its title: by linking anthropology with fear, a concept with assumed general applicability, we are inevitably posing questions about the nature of cross-cultural categories. We have to confront the danger of imposing a Western concept on data from other societies. Any anthropological consideration of the human emotions must be concerned with the question of universality; with the relationship between the biological inheritance of humans and the autonomy of culture.

Authors: Morphy, H; Banks, M; Barnes, RH

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Anthropological Society of Oxford
• Journal: Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford Online
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 63-83
• Publication date: 2022-01-01
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-bdoavnxbn
• ISSN: 2040-1876
• Language: English
• Keywords: universalism; cross-cultural categories; culture; fear; JASO; anthropology