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List of contents
Part 1. Introduction. 1. Pathways to Knowledge. Helmut Wautischer. Part 2. Methodological Conundrums. 2. Observations on ‘Self’ and ‘Knowing’. Rudolph C. Rÿser. 3. Individuality in a Relational Culture: A Comparative Study. Hoyt L. Edge. Part 3. Ethnographic Assessment of Knowledge. 4. Understanding Maori Epistemology: A Scientific Perspective. Roma Mere Roberts and Peter R. Wills. 5. Preconquest Consciousness. E. Richard Sorenson. Part 4. Shamanistic Mediation of Meaning. 6. Shamanistic Knowledge and Cosmology. Michael Ripinsky-Naxon. 7. The Meaning of Ecstasy in Shamanism. Åke Hultkrantz. Part 5. Converging Knowledge in Cultural Diversity. 9. Myths and Morals: Images of Conduct, Character, and Personhood in the Native American Tradition. Nina Rosenstand. 10. Some ‘Shamanistic’ Affinities of Western Culture: ‘Donner un sens plus pur aux mots de la tribu’. Robert M. Torrance.
Summary
First published in 1998, this collection of ten essays transforms our understanding of both the role of philosophical anthropology in modern world philosophy and the origins of tribal knowledge in their relation to contemporary assessments of cognition and consciousness.
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’I highly recommend this book for readers looking for something that is not mainstream’...Wautischer's book is daring and most welcome.’ Journal of Consciousness Studies ’...this volume has a great deal to contribute to the postmodern debate on how postmodern debate on how knowledge is generated within society, and how it is approached by the social sciences...will be welcomed by philosophers and psychological anthropologists as a theoretical exposition.’ Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor 'This is a book to be read by philosophers interested in the anthropology of consciousness.' American Indian Quarterly
