UNIT 3_ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE SELF

• Anthropology - deals with biological feature that make us human
• Anthro - man
• Anthropologist - who study humankind or existance
• 18th century - man was viewed as constant, general, and universal
• HUMAN BEING SYSTEM

  • cultural
  • social
  • physical
  • biological
  • psychological
• A person culture influences his physical being
• Main view points of anthropology is the development of the term culture
• society influence the development of the self

  • interaction
  • social
  • relationship
• Symbol - is one of the most fundamental aspects of culture. And the most important symbol is - language
• according to Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) - An American anthropologist that has strong support on the practice of symbolic anthropology, says man is an animal suspended in webs. Without culture, no men.
• According to Thomas Csordas - an Armington professor of Anthropology and Religion and author of ”The sacred self: A cultural phenomenology of charismatic healing — Embodiment, A culture is one of the fundamental aspects of how body is projected
• Statement that constitutes the self

  • Attitude
  • Intention
  • Values
• Triandis (2000) - discusses the major distinction among aspect of the self

  • private
  • public
  • collective
• private self - An assessment or idea about who you are
• Public self - others view of the self or generalized statement or perception
• Collective self - collective self corresponds from specific group