Thesis On Cannibalism

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Cannibalism is an issue that can cause us discomfort or even fear when talking about it and it is not unusual since the idea of eat another human being is not something people are used to hearing, which is why I want talk further about this practice because after all there is a reason and a story involved, maybe we do change the way you see this practice. Cannibalism is the practice of eating individuals of the same species. Generally, the term is used to describe the act in which humans eat other humans. The word "cannibalism" carries with it an idea of cruelty disgusts any sensitivity. Beats our imagination like a jungle drum, conjuring nightmares of primal horror, frightening savagery, of maimed and bloody scenes. This is considered a …show more content…

Who also denies that cannibalism has never been practiced widely in any human community, he affirmed it was all a pretext for imperialist greed; that all allegations of cannibalism became the power he always wanted, to seize their goods to the natives or discredit historians interested in, the thesis defended by William Arens. Despite this there are issues that can lead us into this practice. It may be a group of humans isolated in a remote and inhospitable region, a private city of any possibility of supply or lost castaways adrift in the vastness of the ocean. But the drama is always the same: man against the elements, hunger and thirst, nothing to eat human flesh except nothing except drink human blood and the desire to continue living. He practiced cannibalism as a last resort in situations …show more content…

Which most of the time is not aimed simply to take nutrients or feed. In societies that are arranged and productive economies that have had large surpluses of food has remained present. It was part of the offerings to the gods, the cult of the dead and ceremonials intended to acquire the properties vitals of the victim or supernatural gifts. In the other hand, we find the cannibalism of prehistory, in the past human flesh was part of the diet of our ancestors. Intake brain or other tissues contaminated with prions led to outbreaks of disease and development, through natural selection, the defensive mutation whose genetic trace has survived to this day. They also ate the things they loved when they died as a token of love and would not let the body rot between worms, ie, they were eaten by Emor. Pathological cannibalism concerns the psychopath cannibalism as we saw in the movie Silence of the Lambs. Finally, we have the current cannibalism which are rare cases but, experts agree that are very similar to those of the tribal groups, and indissolubly linked to Satanism and to group rituals, rather than the practices of