The Anatomy of Envy: A Study in Symbolic Behavior [and Comments and Reply]
| Autor: | George M. Foster, R. J. Apthorpe, H. Russell Bernard, Bernard Bock, Jan Brogger, Judith K. Brown, Stephen C. Cappannari, Jean Cuisenier, Roy G. D'Andrade, James Faris, Susan T. Freeman, Pauline Kolenda, Michael MacCoby, Simon D. Messing, Isidoro Moreno-Navarro, John Paddock, Harriet R. Reynolds, James E. Ritchie, Vera St. Erlich, Joel S. Saviahinsky, J. D. Seddon, Francis Lee Utley, Beatrice Blyth Whiting |
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| Rok vydání: | 1972 |
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| Zdroj: | Current Anthropology. 13:165-202 |
| ISSN: | 1537-5382 0011-3204 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/201267 |
| Popis: | Envy is a pan-human phenomenon, universally feared, at least subconsciously, as a particularly dangerous emotion, since it implies hostility and aggression capable of destroying individuals and even societies. Especially in Western society, man has rather successfully repressed his true feelings about envy, which he is taught is the most shameful and reprehensible of all emotions. But even while denying it, man in all cultures has found devices, most but not all of which are symbolic, to cope with his fear of the consequences of envy. In this paper I distinguish between envy and jealousy (the terms are badly confused in English), note the objects that most frequently cause envy (food, children, and health), and analyze envy relationships between both conceptual equals and conceptual nonequals (concluding that one does not "envy down"). I then note the ways in which envy is expressed, including the symbolic "compliment," much feared in many societies because it is recognized as an expression of envy. Parti... |
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