Istvan Praet

Animism and the Question of Life (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book aims to change the terms of the debate on animism, arguing that if animism has one outstanding feature, it is its peculiar restrictiveness. The book combines some of the finest ethnographic material currently available (including firsthand research on the Chachi of Ecuador) with an unusually broad geographic scope (the Americas, Asia, and Africa).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134500666
• Artikelnr.: 39478292

Autorenporträt

Istvan Praet is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at Roehampton University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Restricted Life 1. Humans: Us, the Human Beings, the
Living Ones 2. Monsters: An Argument Against Foreigners 3. Beasts: An
Argument Against Wildlife Part II: Life as Discontinuity 4. Adversity: An
Investigation into Metamorphosis 5. Death: Ritual and the Suspension of
Life 6. Catastrophe: Examining Collective Metamorphoses. Conclusion.