ANTHRO 9 Study Guide - Final Guide: Third-Wave Feminism, Granary, General Order
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Symbol: any object, act, event, quality, or relation which serves as a vehicle for conception the conception being the symbol"s meaning . Ethos: sentiment, tone, quality, moral and aesthetic style, or mood characteristic of life in a particular community. Motivations: discrete, goal directed, focused on ends + consummations. Moods: diffuse + context defining; totalistic + encompassing; defined by sources. Worldview: the outlook, orientation, or perspective defining a people"s most comprehensive idea of a. Models-of: symbols representing reality (both emic and etic) Models-for: symbols that shape / constitute reality (usually emic inside perspective) I. e. a blueprint can be used as a model of a building, but can also be a model for what that building will be used for. Religious response to limits of interpretability, endurance, and moral insight: religion anchors our conception of the overall shape of reality shapes the way our emotions are organized and expressed. The problem in meaning arises in several ways: the limits of interpretability:
