Nature and Society - Anthropological Perspectives

Informationen zum Autor Philippe Descola, Gisli Palsson Klappentext The contributors to this book focus on the relationship between nature and society from a variety of theoretical and ethnographic perspectives. Their work draws upon recent developments in social theory, biology, ethnobiology, epistemology, sociology of science, and a wide array of ethnographic case studies -- from Amazonia, the Solomon Islands, Malaysia, the Mollucan Islands, rural comunities from Japan and north-west Europe, urban Greece, and laboratories of molecular biology and high-energy physics. The discussion is divided into three parts, emphasising the problems posed by the nature-culture dualism, some misguided attempts to respond to these problems, and potential avenues out of the current dilemmas of ecological discourse. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on the nature/society interface from a variety of theoretical and ethnographic perspectives, drawing upon recent developments in social theory, biology, ethnobiology, epistemology, sociology of science, and a wide array of ethnographic case studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations, Notes on contributors, Editors’ preface, 1 Introduction, Part I Contested domains and boundaries, Part II Sociologies of nature, Part III Nature, society and artefact, Name index, Subject index

List of contents

List of illustrations, Notes on contributors, Editors' preface, 1 Introduction, Part I Contested domains and boundaries, Part II Sociologies of nature, Part III Nature, society and artefact, Name index, Subject index

Product details

• Authors: P. Descola, Philippe Descola, Philippe Gisli Palsson Palsson Descola, Philippe Palsson Descola
• Assisted by: Philippe Descola (Editor), Gisli Palsson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.1996
• EAN: 9780415132169
• ISBN: 978-0-415-13216-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: European Association of Social; European Association of Social Anthropologists
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Anthropologie, Soziale Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren, Umweltwissenschaften, Umwelttechnik