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4 produkter
Quadripartite Structures
Categories, Relations and Homologies in Bush Mekeo Culture
Häftad, 2009
667 kr
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Despite almost a century of contact with Europeans, the Bush Mekeo people of Papua New Guinea are still essentially unknown to the anthropological world. This book was the first detailed, comprehensive study of Bush Mekeo culture and society. Using a rigourous structuralist approach to interpret in …
Ways of Baloma – Rethinking Magic and Kinship From the Trobriands
Häftad, 2017
632 kr
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Bronislaw Malinowski's path-breaking research in the Trobriand Islands shaped much of modern anthropology's disciplinary paradigm. Yet many conundrums remain. For example, Malinowski asserted that baloma spirits of the dead were responsible for procreation but had limited influence on their living …
On the Order of Chaos
Social Anthropology and the Science of Chaos
Inbunden, 2005
1880 kr
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Over the past two decades, “chaos theory” – the perception of order previously hidden in phenomena of apparent randomness and disorder – has fundamentally transformed the natural sciences. In recent years, numerous scholars in the social sciences and humanities have attempted to adapt the insights …
On the Order of Chaos
Social Anthropology and the Science of Chaos
Häftad, 2005
527 kr
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Over the past two decades, “chaos theory” – the perception of order previously hidden in phenomena of apparent randomness and disorder – has fundamentally transformed the natural sciences. In recent years, numerous scholars in the social sciences and humanities have attempted to adapt the insights …
