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HOW LIFEWORLDS WORK, 4. POWER, UNCERTAINTY & BALANCE, 3. EMOTION,…
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4. POWER, UNCERTAINTY & BALANCE
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Power
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Different kinds of authority can oppose one another, helping prevent one form of power from becoming absolute. Jackson describes this as creating a kind of balance.
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Scarcity
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When resources are scarce, ideals like generosity and family solidarity become harder to maintain.
3. EMOTION, STRUGGLE & RESILIENCE
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Anxiety
Rites of passage intensify emotions and anxiety. Kinship can do the same because relationships combine powerful feelings with social expectations.
Pain
Pain → shared experience → solidarity → belonging
Pain isn't only individual suffering. Experiencing hardship together can strengthen relationships.
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Resilience
Doron Fina
Her life challenges the assumption that women are inherently weaker or less able to withstand adversity. Jackson specifically connects her story to steadfastness, respect, resilience, and equanimity.
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- RITUAL, CHANGE & IDENTITY
Rites of passage
→ childhood
→ initiation
→ adulthood
Ritual doesn't simply represent change. It helps produce personal and social transformation.
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Positions, Dispositions & Transpositions
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→ arranged marriage→ husband's death→ marriage to his brother→ abuse→ responsibility for children→ endurance
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Role reversals
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are not naturally attached to men, women, adults, children, powerful people, or weak people.
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- HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS & BELONGING
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→ Family relationships
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Close relationships can create attachment, but also jealousy, rivalry, frustration, and the desire for independence. Pasted markdown(1)
This is why ambivalence is important: people can have positive and negative feelings toward the same person.
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Jackson argues that relationships develop according to what people actually experience together. Friends can become like brothers or sisters, and shared experiences can sometimes produce bonds stronger than biological relationships.
Belonging
→ family
→ friendship
→ community
→ shared experiences
→ cooperation
Among the Kuranko, people's lives are interconnected. Jackson uses the image of ropes across a rice farm: pulling one rope affects all of the connected ropes. It represents how one person's life is tied to other people's lives.
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