Of Jaguars and Butterflies: Metalogues on Issues in Anthropology and Philosophy

by Aparecida Vilaça and Geoffrey Lloyd

What are we to make of statements that jaguars see themselves as humans, or of doubts about the boundary between dreams and waking? Jointly authored by an anthropologist and a philosopher, this book investigates some of the most puzzling ideas and practices reported in modern ethnography and ancient philosophy, concerning humans, animals, persons, spirits, agency, selfhood, consciousness, nature, life, death, disease and health. The study's twin...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800739044
• ISBN13: 9781800739048
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"