That is why it is pointless to oppose, as some do, two approaches to Amazonian sociability that are irreconcilable: on the one hand, that of the-hawk‖ camp, the partisans of ontological predation, led by Viveiros de Castro and myself, on the other, the-dove‖ camp, which defends the aesthetic of conviviality, led by Overing (Santos-Granero 2000). For I, for my part, have never suggested that predation is the only way of treating-others‖ in Amazonia.