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In the Society of Nature A Native Ecology in Amazonia

Descola Philippe
Heftet / 1996 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780521574679
Published
1996-08-29
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Weight
655 gr
Height
228 mm
Width
151 mm
Thickness
26 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
396

Author
Descola Philippe
Translated by
Scott Nora

In the Society of Nature A Native Ecology in Amazonia

Descola Philippe
Heftet / 1996 / Engelsk
Descola Philippe
Heftet / 1996 / Engelsk
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' … an historical and ethnographic contribution to the study of a particularly important area of the New World, at the hinge of Amazonian and Andean high cultures. It is also … of undoubted theoretical and methodological value, one that directs anthropological thought in new directions.' Claude Levi-Strauss

The Achuar Indians live in the remote forest reaches of the Upper Amazon and have developed sophisticated strategies of resource management. Philippe Descola, who has gathered material over several years of fieldwork, documents their rich knowledge of the environment. He explains how this technical knowledge of the increasingly threatened Amazonian ecosystems is interwoven with cosmological ideas that endow nature with the characteristics of society. Combining a symbolist approach with an ecological analysis, the book contributes a new theory of the social construction of nature.
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General introduction; Part I. The Sphere of Nature: 1. The territorial space; 2. Landscape and cosmos; 3. Nature's beings; Part II. On the Proper Use of Nature: 4. The world of the house; 5. The world of gardens; 6. The world of the forest; 7. The world of the river; 8. Categories of practice; 9. The good life; Conclusion.
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A study of the Achuar Indians of the Upper Amazon and their relationship with their environment.

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' … an historical and ethnographic contribution to the study of a particularly important area of the New World, at the hinge of Amazonian and Andean high cultures. It is also … of undoubted theoretical and methodological value, one that directs anthropological thought in new directions.' Claude Levi-Strauss

The Achuar Indians live in the remote forest reaches of the Upper Amazon and have developed sophisticated strategies of resource management. Philippe Descola, who has gathered material over several years of fieldwork, documents their rich knowledge of the environment. He explains how this technical knowledge of the increasingly threatened Amazonian ecosystems is interwoven with cosmological ideas that endow nature with the characteristics of society. Combining a symbolist approach with an ecological analysis, the book contributes a new theory of the social construction of nature.
Read more
General introduction; Part I. The Sphere of Nature: 1. The territorial space; 2. Landscape and cosmos; 3. Nature's beings; Part II. On the Proper Use of Nature: 4. The world of the house; 5. The world of gardens; 6. The world of the forest; 7. The world of the river; 8. Categories of practice; 9. The good life; Conclusion.
Read more
A study of the Achuar Indians of the Upper Amazon and their relationship with their environment.

Product details

ISBN
9780521574679
Published
1996-08-29
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Weight
655 gr
Height
228 mm
Width
151 mm
Thickness
26 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
396

Author
Descola Philippe
Translated by
Scott Nora

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