essay
Mundurucú Indians: a dual system of ethics
Encyclopedia of morals • New York • Published In 1956 • Pages: 369-374
By: Murphy, Robert Francis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The purpose of this article is to contrast the behavior of the Mundurucu toward one another with that of outsiders, and to show how the intensity of this contrast is closely related to other aspects of the social system. The author gives a brief summary of the history of Mundurucu warfare with and for the Brazilian government, and stresses the importance of warfare in strengthening internal harmony. The role of the individual warrior, the position of sorcerers as scapegoats, and a general theoretical discussion of dual ethical systems are included.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethos
- Cultural identity and pride
- Ethics
- Sorcery
- Warfare
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mundurucu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- George R. Bedell ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1952-1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- eighteenth century -1953
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Robert F. Murphy
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Munduruku Indians