Descola, Philippe
The Composition of Worlds: Interviews with Pierre Charbonnier
- ISBN 13:
- 9781509555482
- author:
- Descola, Philippe
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Polity Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.6 x 1.2 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
This autobiographical reflection by renowned anthropologist Philippe Descola offers a unique insight into his intellectual career and the evolution of his thinking. From his early days as a student of Lévi-Strauss to his groundbreaking work on the relationship between humans and non-humans, Descola examines the key questions that have shaped anthropological debates over the past forty years.
Descola's major work, Beyond Nature and Culture, proposes four schemas for understanding how humans view their relationships with the natural world. In this book, he presents these ideas in an extended conversation with Pierre Charbonnier, shedding fresh light on his thinking and its significance for our understanding of the world around us.
Presented as a synthesis of Descola's thoughts on the composition of worlds, this book is both a lucid introduction to his work and an impassioned plea for new ways of thinking about our place in the world. It offers a compelling perspective on the diversity of beings and the need for more accommodating ontologies.
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