The Ecology of Others

by Philippe Descola

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0984201025
• ISBN13: 9780984201020
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Prickly Paradigm Press
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.5" x 7.0"