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15 produkter
Invention of Culture
Av Roy Wagner
Häftad, 2016
289 kr
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In anthropology, a field that is known for its critical edge and intellectual agility, few books manage to maintain both historical value and contemporary relevance. Roy Wagner's The Invention of Culture, originally published in 1981, is one. Wagner breaks new ground by arguing that culture arises …
Symbols that Stand for Themselves
Av Roy Wagner
Häftad, 1989
264 kr
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This important new work by Roy Wagner is about the autonomy of symbols and their role in creating culture. Its argument, anticipated in the author's previous book, The Invention of Culture, is at once symbolic, philosophical, and evolutionary: meaning is a form of perception to which human beings …
Anthropology of the Subject
Holographic Worldview in New Guinea and Its Meaning and Significance for the World of Anthropology
Av Roy Wagner
Häftad, 2001
400 kr
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An Anthropology of the Subject rounds out the theoretical-philosophical cosmos of one of the twentieth century's most intellectually adventurous anthropologists. Roy Wagner, having turned "culture" and "symbols" inside out (in The Invention of Culture and Symbols That Stand for Themselves, …
Asiwinarong
Ethos, Image, and Social Power among the Usen Barok of New Ireland
Av Roy Wagner
Häftad, 2014
494 kr
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Professor Wagner's study of Barok social and ritual life pays special attention to the men's-house feasting cycle. The kaba. or culminating death feast" of that cycle, is invoked by the word "asiwinarong," which symbolizes the leadership succession on which Barok claims to ethical integrity and …
Asiwinarong
Ethos, Image, and Social Power among the Usen Barok of New Ireland
Av Roy Wagner
Inbunden, 2016
2063 kr
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Professor Wagner's study of Barok social and ritual life pays special attention to the men's-house feasting cycle. The kaba. or culminating death feast" of that cycle, is invoked by the word "asiwinarong," which symbolizes the leadership succession on which Barok claims to ethical integrity and …
Coyote Anthropology
Av Roy Wagner
Inbunden, 2010
458 kr
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Coyote Anthropology shatters anthropology's vaunted theories of practice and offers a radical and comprehensive alternative for the new century. Building on his seminal contributions to symbolic analysis, Roy Wagner repositions anthropology at the heart of the creation of meaning—in terms of what …
Death Rituals and Life in the Societies of the Kula Ring
Av Frederick H. Damon, Roy Wagner
Inbunden, 1989
617 kr
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Relative Native – Essays on Indigenous Conceptual Worlds
Av Eduardo Viveiros De Cas, Roy Wagner m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
306 kr
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This book is the first to collect the most influential essays and lectures of Eduardo Viveiros de Castro. Published in a wide variety of venues, and often difficult to find, the pieces are brought together here for the first time in a one major volume, which includes his momentous 1998 Cambridge …
Logic of Invention
Av Roy Wagner
Häftad, 2018
390 kr
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In this long-awaited sequel to The Invention of Culture, Roy Wagner tackles the logic and motives that underlie cultural invention. Could there be a single, logical factor that makes the invention of the distinction between self and other possible, much as specific human genes allow for language? …
Asiwinarong
Ethos, Image, and Social Power among the Usen Barok of New Ireland
Av Roy Wagner
E-bok, 2014
642 kr
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Professor Wagner's study of Barok social and ritual life pays special attention to the men's-house feasting cycle. The kaba. or culminating death feast"e; of that cycle, is invoked by the word "e;asiwinarong,"e; which symbolizes the leadership succession on which Barok claims to ethical …
Normative Texts and Occupational Practices
Towards New Social Histories of Mathematics
Av Senthil Babu D., Roy Wagner
Inbunden, 2026
552 kr
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This open access book explores the relations between normative mathematical texts, which encode various forms of measurement, calculation and reasoning, and the practices of accountants, craftspeople, artisans and other social actors. Mathematics is often divided into a theoretical, intellectual, …
Mariana Castillo Deball & Roy Wagner
Kojotenanthropologie. Ein Gespräch in Worten und Zeichnungen(dOCUMENTA (13): 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken # 024)
Av Roy Wagner, Mariana Castillo Deball
E-bok, 2012
43 kr
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In Roy Wagners anthropologischem Ansatz ist das Unausgesprochene, Ungehörte, Unbekannte genauso wichtig wie das Vorhandene. Das Nicht-Anwesende, von Wagner als »Anti-Zwilling« bezeichnet, ist wesentlich für die Entstehung von Kultur und ihre Erforschung. In diesem Notizbuch schafft Mariana Castillo …
Mariana Castillo Deball & Roy Wagner
Kojotenanthropologie. Ein Gespräch in Worten und Zeichnungen(dOCUMENTA (13): 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken # 024)
Av Roy Wagner, Mariana Castillo Deball
E-bok, 2023
46 kr
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In Roy Wagners anthropologischem Ansatz ist das Unausgesprochene, Ungehörte, Unbekannte genauso wichtig wie das Vorhandene. Das Nicht-Anwesende, von Wagner als »Anti-Zwilling« bezeichnet, ist wesentlich für die Entstehung von Kultur und ihre Erforschung. In diesem Notizbuch schafft Mariana Castillo …
