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