Hillo! Getting caught in your own net as a humiliation rite

Abstract

I present another explanation for why Cambodian hunters catch themselves in their own nets when they have caught nothing. It is a humiliation rite, based on the premise: if you have spent your whole day hunting and have not trapped anything with the net, then the net has trapped you. The explanation reveals one of the problems with trying to work out why other people do things by placing yourself in their position: contradictory explanations.

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Terence Rajivan Edward
University of Manchester (PhD)

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