Marshall Sahlins (Foreword), Philippe Descola, Janet Lloyd (Translator)
Beyond Nature and Culture
- ISBN 13:
- 9780226212364
- author:
- Marshall Sahlins (Foreword), Philippe Descola, Janet Lloyd (Translator)
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 486
- Dimensions:
- 15.2 x 3 x 22.9 cm
- Genre:
- Science & Nature, Earth Sciences & Geography, Education
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Beyond Nature and Culture by Philippe Descola A fundamental re-examination of our relationship with nature, challenging long-held assumptions about culture and its distinction from the natural world. Descola's work draws on ethnographic examples from around the globe and theoretical insights from cognitive science, structural analysis, and phenomenology to formulate a new framework for understanding human-nature interactions. He presents four ontologies - animism, totemism, naturalism, and analogism - as a way of accounting for our diverse relationships with nature. By thinking beyond the traditional dichotomy between culture and nature, Descola offers a fresh perspective on how we perceive and engage with the world around us.
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