In this autobiographical reflection, the distinguished
anthropologist Philippe Descola looks back on his intellectual
career and examines both the central themes of his work and the key
questions that have shaped anthropological debates over the last
forty years. A student of Lévi-Strauss, Descola did
ethnographic research among the Achuar of the upper Amazon in the
late 1970s, focussing on how native societies relate to their
environment. In this book he sheds fresh light on the
evolution of his thinking from structuralism to an anthropology
beyond the human, on the critique of the modern separation between
nature and society, and above all on the genesis and scope of his
master work Beyond Nature and Culture. This synthesis of the
ways in which humans view their relationships with
other-than-humans proposes four major 'compositions of worlds'
(animism, naturalism, totemism, analogism) that characterise our
ways of inhabiting the earth. Presented in the form of an extended
conversation with Pierre Charbonnier, this book is both a lucid
introduction to the work of one of the most original
anthropologists writing today and an impassioned plea for a
pluralism of ontologies that would be more welcoming to the
diversity of beings.
General
Imprint: |
Polity Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Philippe Descola
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Pages: |
194 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5095-5548-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-5095-5548-X |
Barcode: |
9781509555482 |
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