% citaat % 1999; ISBN-13: 9780195119299: Human beings have activated myriad subjectivities other than individualized selves. We can see this vividly in Tobias Schneebaum’s (1969) account of his experiences while living with the Akaramas, a tribe inhabiting the jungles of Peru.
Accidentally stumbling upon the tribe, which had never seen a white man, Schneebaum found himself accepted by, then willingly inducted into, the group. Learning their language and culture, he realized that their way of life included no place for “the individual”; the concept was literally foreign, unknown to them. The Akaramas did nothing independently, working, playing, hunting, and eating together in small sets of same-sexed intimates. Indeed, they even slept together, piled into bundles for warmth and comfort, and reportedly engaged in communal acts of cannibalism and homosexuality.
As close and comradely as they were, however, when death claimed members of the tribe, their absence went unmentioned, seemingly unnoticed. Despite his total acceptance into the tribe, when Schneebaum decided to leave the Akaramas, he was convinced that they would not miss him; they wouldn’t even notice that he was gone. According to Schneebaum’s account, the Akaramas hardly acknowledged separate individuals; each member was fully—and only—a part of the collectivity. The group was the paramount subjectivity; there were no individualized selves to speak of. The self that Schneebaum brought with him into the jungle was socially dissolved as he lived with the tribe, all but obliterating the distinct “me” that Schneebaum had been previously. This ultimately terrified him and, finding it too difficult to practice Akarama subjectivity, he abruptly walked out of the jungle, leaving Akarama life behind as he retrieved his Western sense of individuality.” % einde citaat %
James A. Holstein; Jaber F. Gubrium (1999:11) The Self We Live By: Narrative Identity in a Postmodern World – ISBN 0-19-511929-0
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Wynia – Dec 28, 2023 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrzopavx0MM
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‘ Is het niet opmerkelijk dat we ons masaal laten ringeloren door dat handjevol lieden dat blijkbaar aan de touwtjes trekt? De analyse van Maaike van Charante ( en Syp Wynia) is treffend, adequaat en ad rem, en toch …… en toch, als puntje bij paaltje komt, trappen we er altijd weer in. Ra ra, hoe komt dat? De illusionisten winnen het keer op keer van de realisten.’
- ‘Met hopen dat het kleine kluppie ooit naar “de meerderheid” gaat luisteren, kom je niet ver. Dat gaat uiteraard niet gebeuren.’
‘ Weet je wie nog zo’n graat in de keel van de nomenklatoera is? Sybe Schaap. Die heeft helemaal niets met facades en schone uiterlijke schijn ophouden en wil inhoudelijk ter zake komen. Dat is natuurlijk uiterst hinderlijk voor de charlatans.’