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Nature and Society

Anthropological Perspectives

Gísli Pálsson editor Philippe Descola editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:25th Jul '96

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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.

ISBN: 9780415132169

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 430g

320 pages