Mark S. Mosko is Professor of Anthropology in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University.

“Through a sequence of theoretically stimulating and ethnographically diverse contributions, the volume engages with ‘chaos models’ developed by mathematicians and natural scientists studying complex dynamic systems.”  ·  Anthropological Forum"I have rarely seen such an excellent collection of articles. And it cannot be more timely. Within the covers of this volume we find some of the most original and brightest minds in anthropology today…this is a truly unique volume that will make a major and original contribution to anthropology and far beyond."  ·  Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney

• List of Figures and TablesList of ContributorsPreface and AcknowledgementsPrologue Marilyn StrathernChapter 1. Introduction: A (Re)Turn to Chaos: Chaos Theory, the Sciences, and Social Anthropological TheoryMark S. MoskoChapter 2. From Lévi-Strauss to Chaos and ComplexityJack MoravaChapter 3. Fractal Figurations: Homologies and Hierarchies in Kabre CultureCharles PiotChapter 4. “Pity” and “Ecstasy”: The Problem of Order and Differentiated Difference Across Kula SocietiesFrederick H. DamonChapter 5. Fractality and the Exchange of PerspectivesJosé Antonio Kelly Chapter 6. Fluids and Fractals in Rwanda: Order and ChaosChristopher C. Taylor Chapter 7. Peace, War, Sex, and Sorcery: Nonlinear Analogical Transformation in the Early Escalation of North Mekeo Sorcery and Chiefly PracticeMark S. MoskoChapter 8. Afterword: Order Is What Happens When Chaos Loses Its TemperRoy WagnerBibliographyContributorsIndex

Mark S. Mosko is Professor of Anthropology in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University.

“Through a sequence of theoretically stimulating and ethnographically diverse contributions, the volume engages with ‘chaos models’ developed by mathematicians and natural scientists studying complex dynamic systems.”  ·  Anthropological Forum"I have rarely seen such an excellent collection of articles. And it cannot be more timely. Within the covers of this volume we find some of the most original and brightest minds in anthropology today…this is a truly unique volume that will make a major and original contribution to anthropology and far beyond."  ·  Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney

• List of Figures and TablesList of ContributorsPreface and AcknowledgementsPrologue Marilyn StrathernChapter 1. Introduction: A (Re)Turn to Chaos: Chaos Theory, the Sciences, and Social Anthropological TheoryMark S. MoskoChapter 2. From Lévi-Strauss to Chaos and ComplexityJack MoravaChapter 3. Fractal Figurations: Homologies and Hierarchies in Kabre CultureCharles PiotChapter 4. “Pity” and “Ecstasy”: The Problem of Order and Differentiated Difference Across Kula SocietiesFrederick H. DamonChapter 5. Fractality and the Exchange of PerspectivesJosé Antonio Kelly Chapter 6. Fluids and Fractals in Rwanda: Order and ChaosChristopher C. Taylor Chapter 7. Peace, War, Sex, and Sorcery: Nonlinear Analogical Transformation in the Early Escalation of North Mekeo Sorcery and Chiefly PracticeMark S. MoskoChapter 8. Afterword: Order Is What Happens When Chaos Loses Its TemperRoy WagnerBibliographyContributorsIndex

Mark S. Mosko is Professor of Anthropology in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University.

“Through a sequence of theoretically stimulating and ethnographically diverse contributions, the volume engages with ‘chaos models’ developed by mathematicians and natural scientists studying complex dynamic systems.”  ·  Anthropological Forum"I have rarely seen such an excellent collection of articles. And it cannot be more timely. Within the covers of this volume we find some of the most original and brightest minds in anthropology today…this is a truly unique volume that will make a major and original contribution to anthropology and far beyond."  ·  Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney

• List of Figures and TablesList of ContributorsPreface and AcknowledgementsPrologue Marilyn StrathernChapter 1. Introduction: A (Re)Turn to Chaos: Chaos Theory, the Sciences, and Social Anthropological TheoryMark S. MoskoChapter 2. From Lévi-Strauss to Chaos and ComplexityJack MoravaChapter 3. Fractal Figurations: Homologies and Hierarchies in Kabre CultureCharles PiotChapter 4. “Pity” and “Ecstasy”: The Problem of Order and Differentiated Difference Across Kula SocietiesFrederick H. DamonChapter 5. Fractality and the Exchange of PerspectivesJosé Antonio Kelly Chapter 6. Fluids and Fractals in Rwanda: Order and ChaosChristopher C. Taylor Chapter 7. Peace, War, Sex, and Sorcery: Nonlinear Analogical Transformation in the Early Escalation of North Mekeo Sorcery and Chiefly PracticeMark S. MoskoChapter 8. Afterword: Order Is What Happens When Chaos Loses Its TemperRoy WagnerBibliographyContributorsIndex