Mind, Materiality and History: Explorations in Fijian Ethnography Contributor(s): Toren, Christina (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415195764 ISBN-13: 9780415195768 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1999 Annotation: "Mind, Materiality and History: Explorations in Fijian Historiography" is the outcome of over a decade's research into how Fijians live their lives and constitute their knowledge of the world. Through this exploration, the author aims to derive a new theory of embodied mind that works as well for explaining ourselves as it does for explaining others. Investigating the processes by which humans interact with the material world of objects and with other people, the book addresses the issue of how we form our identities in connection with, and in contrast to, the identities of those around us. "Mind, Materiality and History" demonstrates that the human mind is "the" fundamental historical phenomenon. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - History | Historiography |
Dewey: 155.82 |
LCCN: 99026827 |
Series: Material Cultures |
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.18" W x 9.7" (1.22 lbs) 222 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Oceania |
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Publisher Description: How do we become who we are? How is it that people are so similar in the ways they differ from one another, and so different in the ways they are the same? |