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Abstract
Abstract In the last fifty years, anthropology has engaged in intense debates about the rational grounds upon which ethnographic understanding rests. Whatever the particular stand taken by the respective interlocutors in these debates, the main reference shared by all interventions is the symbolic character of anthropological data and understanding. If that is so for any ethnographic context, the importance of focusing on the symbolic pre-structure of the lifeworld is even more significant when we look at normative disputes. This is because differently than assertoric statements about facts in the world, the meanings of norms exist prior to the research interests of the interpreter and lie first and foremost in the world views of the subjects who share them. My research about dispute resolution has shown that reason and sentiment often become entangled in these processes and their proper articulation is a condition for making the respective conflicts intelligible.
Highlights
In the last fifty years, anthropology has engaged in intense debates about the rational grounds of ethnographic understanding
Whatever the particular stand taken by the interlocutors in these debates, the main reference shared by all interventions is the symbolic character of anthropological data and understanding
If that is so for any ethnographic context or fieldwork experience, the importance of focusing on the symbolic pre-structure of the lifeworld, or on the fact that social life is linguistically encompassed, is even more significant when we look at normative disputes
Summary
Nos últimos 50 anos a antropologia tem se envolvido em intensos debates sobre os princípios racionais que fundamentam a compreensão etnográfica. Qualquer que seja a particularidade da perspectiva adotada nesses debates, a principal referência compartilhada por todas as intervenções é o caráter simbólico dos dados e da compreensão antropológica. Diferentemente das locuções assertóricas sobre o mundo dos fatos, o significado das normas precede os interesses de pesquisa do intérprete, e se situa acima de tudo nas visões de mundo dos sujeitos que as compartilham. Minhas pesquisas sobre processos de resolução de disputas revelam que razão e sentimento estão frequentemente embaralhados, e sua articulação adequada é a condição para tornar inteligíveis os respectivos conflitos. Palabras chave: razão; sentimento; disputas; Estados Unidos; Australia; Brasil
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