侮辱案

IF 1 3区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Social Analysis Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI:10.3167/sa.2019.630305

P. Werbner, R. Werbner

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摘要

在围绕法律与情感的辩论中，法律人类学家一直是后来者，这一运动回应了法律“充满情感”的观点。就像在美国和欧洲一样，在博茨瓦纳，公开侮辱的案件是带有感情色彩的，在巫术侮辱听证会上尤其如此。类似于仇恨犯罪，这些侮辱威胁到公共和平、亲属关系和尊严。习惯法庭的成员从日常生活中调集了一套详尽的道德词汇，不仅是为了确定法医事实，而且是为了说服罪犯恢复理性的判断力，达到自我意识的情感平衡，恢复精神上的平静。该程序最终以对话结束，目的是恢复公共和平，并促使被告道歉或表示遗憾，并得到受到侮辱的原告的宽恕。

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A Case of Insult

Legal anthropologists have been latecomers in the debate surrounding law and emotion, a movement responding to the notion that the law is ‘imbued with emotion’. As in the US and Europe, in Botswana cases of public insults are emotionally charged, and this is particularly so in witchcraft insult hearings. Akin to hate crimes, these insults threaten public peace, kinship amity, and decency. Members of a customary court mobilize an elaborate moral lexicon from everyday life in order not simply to ascertain the forensic facts, but to persuade offenders to regain their rational good sense, reach a self-conscious emotional balance, and recover spiritual calmness. The procedure culminates in a dialogue intended to restore public peace and to elicit an apology or show of regret from defendants and forgiveness from insulted plaintiffs.

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Social Analysis ANTHROPOLOGY-

CiteScore

2.20

自引率

7.10%

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审稿时长

16 weeks

期刊介绍： Social Analysis is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to exploring the analytical potentials of anthropological research. It encourages contributions grounded in original empirical research that critically probe established paradigms of social and cultural analysis. The journal expresses the best that anthropology has to offer by exploring in original ways the relationship between ethnographic materials and theoretical insight. By forging creative and critical engagements with cultural, political, and social processes, it also opens new avenues of communication between anthropology and the humanities as well as other social sciences. The journal publishes four issues per year, including regular Special Issues on particular themes. The Editors welcome individual articles that focus on diverse topics and regions, reflect varied theoretical approaches and methods, and aim to appeal widely within anthropology and beyond. Proposals for Special Issues are selected by the Editorial Board through an annual competitive call.