http://royinpink.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] royinpink.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] intertribal 2008-10-05 09:16 pm (UTC)

well, some sort of what we would call anger, probably. the anthropologist would probably just like to clarify that anger, irritation, etc. are expressed in different ways according to cultural norms, social status, and so on and in fact may be felt qualitatively differently due to circumstance. since i'm a peircean, i guess i say that the closest thing to universals are qualities of pure feeling ("qualisigns"), the kind that as soon as you're conscious of them you're interpreting them in a way possibly influenced by your own culture. but they come from the sense-impressions we have by virtue of being human.

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