List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors Preface and Acknowledgements Prologue Marilyn Strathern Chapter 1. Introduction: A (Re)Turn to Chaos: Chaos Theory, the Sciences, and Social Anthropological Theory Mark S. Mosko Chapter 2. From Lévi-Strauss to Chaos and Complexity Jack Morava Chapter 3. Fractal Figurations: Homologies and Hierarchies in Kabre Culture Charles Piot Chapter 4. “Pity” and “Ecstasy”: The Problem of Order and Differentiated Difference Across Kula Societies Frederick H. Damon Chapter 5. Fractality and the Exchange of Perspectives José Antonio Kelly Chapter 6. Fluids and Fractals in Rwanda: Order and Chaos Christopher C. Taylor Chapter 7. Peace, War, Sex, and Sorcery: Nonlinear Analogical Transformation in the Early Escalation of North Mekeo Sorcery and Chiefly Practice Mark S. Mosko Chapter 8. Afterword: Order Is What Happens When Chaos Loses Its Temper Roy Wagner Bibliography Contributors Index

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