Conventional Metaphors and Anthropological Metaphysics: The Problematic of Cultural Translation
- 1 July 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in Journal of Anthropological Research
- Vol. 41 (2) , 201-217
- https://doi.org/10.1086/jar.41.2.3630416
Abstract
Recent work on conventional metaphor together with reinterpretations of classic studies of "soul substance" and mana are examined to assess the dangers of overinterpretation--the attribution of nonexistent theologies and metaphysics--by ethnographers. In our project of cultural translation, are we prone to attribute deeper salience to other peoples' way of talk than they in fact imply?Keywords
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