World: An Anthropological Examination

by João de Pina Cabral

What do we mean when we refer to world? How does the world relate to the human person? Are the two interdependent and, if so, in what way? What does world mean for an ethnographer or an anthropologist? Much has been said of worlds and worldviews, but do we really know what we mean by these words? Asking these questions and many more, this book explores the conditions of possibility of the ethnographic gesture, and how these shed light on the relationship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0997367504
• ISBN13: 9780997367508
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Hau
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"