The ceremonial animal : a new portrait of anthropology / Wendy James ; with a foreword by Michael La...
The ceremonial animal : a new portrait of anthropology / Wendy James ; with a foreword by Michael La...
The ceremonial animal : a new portrait of anthropology / Wendy James ; with a foreword by Michael Lambek.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N301/ 292
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Foreword / Michael Lambek -- I. The Quest for Pattern -- 1. Key Questions in Anthropology -- 2. Dialogues with Grand Theory -- II. Shape and Rhythm in Social Forms -- 3. Species, Space, and Time -- 4. Life in Motion: Daughters of the Dance -- 5. Ritual, Memory, and Religion -- III. Language and the...
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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England
Date Published
2003.
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Adapting Wittgenstein's concept of the human species as 'a ceremonial animal', Wendy James discusses the conceptual ordering of space, time, and rhythm; the mutualities of language, consciousness, ritual and religious practice; the dialectics of gender and generation; power, war, and peace; and large-scale modern social formations such as the city...
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The ceremonial animal : a new portrait of anthropology / Wendy James ; with a foreword by Michael Lambek.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N301/ 292
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74Vv5G6y4km3
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0199263337 (acid-free paper)
9780199263332 (acid-free paper)
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301
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991017765689702626
