Rethinking Relation-Substance Dualism

Submutances and the Body

AvAurélie Névot

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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This book analyses anthropological debates on “relationism” (referring to methodological and theoretical issues) and sets out to reconsider these discussions with regards to the notion of “substance” (generally associated with the body). Reflecting on the philosophical origins and implications of these two concepts, the author aims to bring them to the heart of contemporary anthropological discourse and addresses the erasure (or blurring) of “substance” in favour of “relation.” The argument put forward is that the conceptual pairing of “substance-relation” should be substituted for the “nature-culture” dualism that has been dominant in structural anthropology. The chapters engage with the work of scholars such as Philippe Descola, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, and Wang Mingming as part of a decentring and questioning of the tradition in which anthropology is rooted. The book also considers the role that the anthropology of China plays in the re-evaluation of the relationship between relation and substance. The concept of “submutance” is introduced with Chinese ethnographic material to explore the possibility of moving beyond the relation-substance dualism of Western heritage. This is valuable reading for scholars interested in the theory and history of anthropology.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-05-27
Mått:156 x 234 x 22 mm
Vikt:520 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Studies in Anthropology
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032426648

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Aurélie Névot is an anthropologist and research professor at the French National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS).

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Introduction. Lévi-Strauss’ Enfants TerriblesPart I Historiographical Overview1 From Substantialist Premises to Relationalist Perspectives. From Aristotle to Cognitivism via Lévi-Strauss2 Anthropo-Philosophical and Ethno-Phenomenological Relations. From Torment to Ecstasy?Conclusion to Part IPart II Structuralist Legacies3 Body and Intentionality. Descola’s “Relative Universalism”4 The body-Sign. Viveiros de Castro’s anti-substantialist relationismConclusion to Part IIPart III Chinese Relationisms and Submutances5 The Lost Body. Wang Mingming’s “Cosmology of Relationship” and Hierarchical Relationism6 Shamanic Bodies and Submutances. The Course of Writing, Blood, Breath and WaterConclusion to Part IIIConclusion. “What the body can do”

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