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Informationen zum Autor Philippe Descola holds the chair of anthropology and heads the Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale at the Collège de France. He also teaches at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales. Among his previous books to appear in English are In the Society of Nature and The Spears of Twilight . Klappentext "Since the end of the nineteenth century, the division between nature and culture has been fundamental to Western thought. In this groundbreaking work, renowned anthropologist Philippe Descola seeks to break down this divide, arguing for a departure from the anthropocentric model and its rigid dualistic conception of nature and culture as distinct phenomena. In its stead, Descola proposes a radical new worldview, in which beings and objects, human and nonhuman, are understood through the complex relationships that they possess with one another. The Ecology of Others presents a compelling challenge to anthropologists, ecologists, and environmental studies scholars to rethink the way we conceive of humans, objects, and the environment. Thought-provoking and engagingly written, it will be required reading for all those interested in moving beyond the moving beyond the confines of this fascinating debate." --Publisher's note. Zusammenfassung Since the end of the nineteenth century! the division between nature and culture has been fundamental to Western thought. In this work! the author seeks to break down this divide! arguing for a departure from the anthropocentric model and its rigid dualistic conception of nature and culture as distinct phenomena.
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Philippe Descola holds the chair of anthropology and heads the Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale at the Collège de France. He also teaches at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales. Among his previous books to appear in English are
In the Society of Nature and
The Spears of Twilight.
