Of Jaguars and Butterflies

Metalogues on Issues in Anthropology and Philosophy

Aparecida Vilaça author Geoffrey Lloyd author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Berghahn Books

Published:14th Apr '23

Should be back in stock very soon

Of Jaguars and Butterflies cover

What are we to make of statements that jaguars see themselves as humans, or of doubts about the boundary between dreams and waking? Jointly authored by an anthropologist and a philosopher, this book investigates some of the most puzzling ideas and practices reported in modern ethnography and ancient philosophy, concerning humans, animals, persons, spirits, agency, selfhood, consciousness, nature, life, death, disease and health. The study’s twin aims are first to explore the possibility of achieving a better understanding of the materials we discuss and then to see what lessons we can draw from them to challenge and revise our own fundamental assumptions.

“This is a work of outstanding interest and originality, both in form and in content.”• Nicholas Jardine, Cambridge University

“This is a rare treat: a sequence of conversations between an anthropologist and a philosopher who tease out a series of fascinating questions, notably those posed to the mind of the philosopher by the materials of the anthropologist. It is a hugely illuminating exercise, because of who they are and what they are discussing.”• Marilyn Strathern, Cambridge University

ISBN: 9781800739048

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130 pages