Nature and Society: Anthropological PerspectivesPhilippe Descola, Gisli Palsson Routledge, 2003 M12 16 - 320 páginas The contributors to this book focus on the relationship between nature and society from a variety of theoretical and ethnographic perspectives. Their work draws upon recent developments in social theory, biology, ethnobiology, epistemology, sociology of science, and a wide array of ethnographic case studies -- from Amazonia, the Solomon Islands, Malaysia, the Mollucan Islands, rural comunities from Japan and north-west Europe, urban Greece, and laboratories of molecular biology and high-energy physics. The discussion is divided into three parts, emphasising the problems posed by the nature-culture dualism, some misguided attempts to respond to these problems, and potential avenues out of the current dilemmas of ecological discourse. |
Contenido
1 Introduction | 1 |
Part I Contested domains and boundaries | 23 |
Part II Sociologies of nature | 125 |
Part III Nature society and artefact | 219 |
Name index | 296 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Nature and Society: Anthropological Perspectives Philippe Descola,Gisli Palsson Vista previa limitada - 2003 |
Nature and Society: Anthropological Perspectives European Association of Social Anthropologists. Conference Vista previa limitada - 1996 |
Nature and Society: Anthropological Perspectives European Association of Social Anthropologists. Conference Vista previa limitada - 1996 |
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