The Logic of Invention

by Roy Wagner

Book Overview

In this long-awaited sequel to The Invention of Culture, Roy Wagner tackles the logic and motives that underlie cultural invention. Could there be a single, logical factor that makes the invention of the distinction between self and other possible, much as specific human genes allow for language?

Wagner explores what he calls "the reciprocity of perspectives" through a journey between Euro-American bodies of knowledge and his in-depth knowledge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0999157051
• ISBN13: 9780999157053
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Hau
• Length: 135 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"