| Nature and Society: Anthropological Perspectives Contributor(s): Descola, Philippe (Editor), Palsson, Gisli (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415132169 ISBN-13: 9780415132169 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $60.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1996 Annotation: "Nature and Society" focuses on the issue of the environment and its relations to humans, looking critically at the nature/society dichotomy and its place in human ecology and social theory. By focusing on a variety of perspectives, the contributors draw upon developments in social theory, biology, ethnobiology, and sociology of science. They present an array of ethnographic case studies--from Amazonia, the Solomon Islands, Malaysia and the Molluscan Islands, Japan, north-west Europe, and urban Greece. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Human Geography - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 304.2 |
| Series: European Association of Social Anthropologists |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.14" W x 7.9" (0.89 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |