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- How can anthropology improve our understanding of the
interrelationship between nature and culture?- What can
anthropology contribute to practical debates which depend on
particular definitions of nature, such as that concerning
sustainable development?Humankind has evolved over several million
years by living in and utilizing 'nature' and by assimilating it
into 'culture'. Indeed, the technological and cultural advancement
of the species has been widely acknowledged to rest upon human
domination and control of nature. Yet, by the 1960s, the idea of
culture in confrontation with nature was being challenged by
science, philosophy and the environmental movement. Anthropology is
increasingly concerned with such issues as they become more urgent
for humankind as a whole. This important book reviews the current
state of the concepts of 'nature' we use, both as scientific
devices and ideological constructs, and is organised around three
themes:- nature as a cultural construction;- the cultural
management of the environment; and- relations between plants,
animals and humans.
- How can anthropology improve our understanding of the
interrelationship between nature and culture?- What can
anthropology contribute to practical debates which depend on
particular definitions of nature, such as that concerning
sustainable development?Humankind has evolved over several million
years by living in and utilizing 'nature' and by assimilating it
into 'culture'. Indeed, the technological and cultural advancement
of the species has been widely acknowledged to rest upon human
domination and control of nature. Yet, by the 1960s, the idea of
culture in confrontation with nature was being challenged by
science, philosophy and the environmental movement.Anthropology is
increasingly concerned with such issues as they become more urgent
for humankind as a whole. This important book reviews the current
state of the concepts of 'nature' we use, both as scientific
devices and ideological constructs, and is organised around three
themes: - nature as a cultural construction;- the cultural
management of the environment; and- relations between plants,
animals and humans.
Exposes the subtle and ambiguous role ethnicity can play in social
conflict. Social conflict is routinely attributed to ethnic
differentiation because divinding lines between rival groups often
follow ethnic contours; and cultural symbolism has often proved a
potent ideological weapon. The purpose of thisbook is to examine
the nature of the bond linking ethnicity to conflict in a variety
of circumstances. The ten case studies from the Sudan, Ethiopia,
Uganda and Kenya are based on primary research by anthropologists
and historianswho have long experience of the region. North
America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers; Kenya: EAEP
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