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-> It is not enough, however, to substitute one antinomy for another, to conclude that Melanesians symbolize collective life as a unity, while singular persons are composite. Such a distinction implies that the relation between them might remain comparable to that between society and individual. And the problem with that as a relationship is the Western corollary: despite the difference between society and individual, indeed because of it, the one is regarded as modifying or somehow controlling the other.  +> We do not, of course, have to imagine that these ideas exist as a set of ground rules or a kind of template for everything that Melanesians do or say.... The intention is not an ontological statement to the effect that there exists a type of social life based on premises in inverse relation to our own. Rather it is to utilize the language that belongs to our own in order to create contrast internal to it. Consequently, the strategy of an us/them divide is not meant to suggest that Melanesian societies can be presented in a timeless, monolithic way.... The intention is to make explicit the practice of anthropological description itself. (Strathern 1988, 15–16)   
  
  
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-These questions—and any essay question—has multiple possible answers. There are no right and wrong answers. Some answers have better reasons for them.+These questions—and any essay question—have multiple possible answers. There are no right and wrong answers. Some answers have better reasons for them.
  
 Your best reasons in support of an answer will be based on a close reading of the chosen scholar’s empirical research Your best reasons in support of an answer will be based on a close reading of the chosen scholar’s empirical research
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