Title Millennium : tribal wisdom and the modern world / David Maybury-Lewis

Published New York, NY : Viking, 1992

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Description xvi, 397 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 29 cm Contents The shock of the other -- An ecology of mind -- A poor man shames us all -- Strange relations -- Mistaken identity -- The art of living -- Inventing reality -- Touching the timeless -- At the threshold -- Photographic essays -- Dogon -- Xavante -- Aborigines -- Makuna -- Gabra -- Wodaabe -- Weyewa -- Nyinba -- Huichol -- Navajo Summary Looks toward the tribal societies that Western civilization has swept aside for insight into how their traditions may be able to prevent humans from destroying themselves in the next millennium Analysis Tribes Tribes Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: p. 389-391 Subject Cross-cultural studies Death Democracy Acculturation Life Nature -- Effect of human beings on Marriage Medicine Religion Rites and ceremonies Civilization, Modern -- 20th century Civilization, Western Ethnology Tribes Human ecology -- Philosophy Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Social perception Wisdom Ethnophilosophy Human ecology Indigenous peoples Human ecology. Ethnology. Autochtones. Perception sociale. Sagesse. Human ecology -- Philosophy. Naturvolk. Inheemse volken. Écologie humaine. Naturvolk. indigenous people. Iwi taketake. Social perception. Indigenous peoples. Wisdom. LC no. 91040489 ISBN 0670829358

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