Nature, Culture, and Society - Anthropological Perspectives on Life

Reflecting upon the changing human condition, Palsson addresses various conflated zones of life at particular times and scales.

List of contents

1. Introduction; Part I. Selves: 2. Spitting image: decode me!; 3. Labouring lives: genomic stuff; 4. What's in a genome? Indigenous encounters; 5. Name talk: technologies of belonging; Part II. Bodies: 6. Human variation: shifting perspectives; 7. Nim Chimpsky et al.: human-animal relations; 8. Lucy in the sky: celestial bodies; Part III. Biospheres: 9. Enskilment at sea: situated knowledge; 10. Environmental relations: political economies; 11. Modernity and beyond: the grand aquarium; 12. Housekeeping: oikos and the anthropocene; 13. Afterword.

About the author

Gisli Palsson is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iceland and Visiting Professor at King's College London. He has conducted fieldwork in Iceland, Cape Verde, the Canadian Arctic and the Virgin Islands. Palsson has written extensively on topics relating to social, cultural and biological anthropology, including the new genetics, environmental politics and the politics of language.

Summary

Reflecting upon the changing human condition, Palsson addresses various conflated zones of life at particular times and scales. Engaging with topical issues on the public agenda, from personal genomics to human-animal relations to the global environment, the book sets out a compelling case for meaningful change.

Product details

• Authors: Gaisli, Gisli Palsson, Gisli (University of Iceland Palsson, Palsson Gisli
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781107085848
• ISBN: 978-1-107-08584-8
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Human biology, Physical anthropology