Big Man
From Generative Anthropology
"This is a term I borrow from Eric Gans who, in his The End of Culture, borrows it from the anthropologist Marshall Sahlins. It is important for generative anthropology because it marks the moment at which the sacred center, which was at first occupied only by the sacred object itself (presumably the totemic and appetitive object of the group), comes to be occupied by a human. This moment marks the beginning of explicit and “legitimated” inequality between humans.”
Excerpt From
Anthropomorphics: An Originary Grammar of the Center
Dennis Bouvard
