Archeologie práva jako metafora
This article uses archeology as a metaphorin order to conceptualize anthropological practices ofsignificance within the anthropology of law, employedmostly after personal fieldwork. Taking the gradualclarification of the meaning of the Western legal con-cept of vis major as an example, the article t...
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| Language: | ces |
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University of West Bohemia, Pilsen
2016-06-01
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| Series: | AntropoWebzin |
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| Online Access: | http://www.antropoweb.cz/webzin/index.php/webzin/article/view/222/239 |
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| Summary: | This article uses archeology as a metaphorin order to conceptualize anthropological practices ofsignificance within the anthropology of law, employedmostly after personal fieldwork. Taking the gradualclarification of the meaning of the Western legal con-cept of vis major as an example, the article tracesits various permutations at different times and places,from 18th and 19th century Europe to the contem-porary Peruvian Andes, where mountain and glacierdeities are seen as analogies to vis major, and toChina during the Ming dynasty, where the Mandateof Heaven was identified as a true alternative to theWestern concept of supreme or natural force. In con-clusion, the archeological imagination is seen as a moreappropriate process than conventional anthropologicalcomparison, juxtaposition and generalization. |
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| ISSN: | 1801-8807 |