| Description |
ii, 91 pages ; 18 cm |
| Series |
Paradigm ; 42 |
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Paradigm (Chicago, Ill.) ; 42
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| Contents |
I. The clam debate. On the proper use of siphons ; Conjectural ecology ; The two natures of Lévi-Strauss -- II. Anthropological dualism. Nature naturing, nature natured ; A paradoxical object ; Controversies and convergences. The path of reduction. The path of translation -- III. To each his own nature. Truths and beliefs ; The mystery of the Moderns ; Monisms and symmetries ; Universalism and relativism |
| Notes |
Translation of: L'écologie des autres. 2011 |
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"Since the end of the nineteenth century, the division between nature and culture has been a fundamental characteristic of Western thought. In this groundbreaking work, Philippe Descola seeks to break down the divide between nature and culture, arguing for an anthropology freed from its anthropocentrism and this dualistic conception of nature and culture as distinct realsm of phenomena. In its stead, Descola envisions a radically novel worldview, in which beings and objects, humans and nonhumans, are analyzed by the relationships that they possess between each another"--Page 4 of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-91) |
| Subject |
Anthropology -- Philosophy.
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Anthropology -- Environmental aspects.
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Anthropology -- Methodology.
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Nature and civilization.
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Human ecology.
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Philosophy of nature.
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Anthropology -- Social aspects.
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| Author |
Godbout, Geneviève.
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Luley, Benjamin P.
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| LC no. |
2012948394 |
| ISBN |
9780984201020 |
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0984201025 |
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