In the Society of Nature - A Native Ecology in Amazonia

Klappentext The Achuar Indians live in the remote forest reaches of the Upper Amazon and have developed sophisticated strategies of resource management. Philippe Descola documents their rich knowledge of the environment. Zusammenfassung The author documents the Achuar Indians of the Upper Amazon knowledge of the environment! and explains how it is interwoven with cosmological ideas that endow nature with the characteristics of society. Inhaltsverzeichnis General introduction; Part I. The Sphere of Nature: 1. The territorial space; 2. Landscape and cosmos; 3. Nature's beings; Part II. On the Proper Use of Nature: 4. The world of the house; 5. The world of gardens; 6. The world of the forest; 7. The world of the river; 8. Categories of practice; 9. The good life; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Philippe Descola, Philippe (Ecole Des Hautes Etudes En Scie Descola
• Assisted by: Nora Scott (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.1996
• EAN: 9780521574679
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57467-9
• No. of pages: 396
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Social &
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology