Disentangling Honor Psychology and Pastoral Personality: An Ecocultural Analysis of Herding Routines of FulBe Children in West Africa
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Honor cultures have often been associated with herding societies in the anthropological literature. This has led Nisbett and Cohen (1996) to conflate the honor psychology they describe in their book Culture of Honor with the pastoral personality that was documented in earlier anthropological studies of herding societies. I argue that although honor psychology and pastoral personality appear very similar they are analytically distinct psychologies profiles as they are acquired through participation in different routines. To illustrate my argument I discuss how FulBe children may acquire a pastoral personality and honor psychology through participation in everyday routines.
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