On The Order Of Chaos: Social Anthropology And The Science Of Chaos - Couverture souple

 
9781845450243: On The Order Of Chaos: Social Anthropology And The Science Of Chaos
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1845450248 ISBN 13 : 9781845450243
Editeur : Berghahn Books, 2005

Synopsis

Over the past two decades, "chaos theory" - the perception of order previously hidden in phenomena of apparent randomness and disorder - has fundamentally transformed the natural sciences. In recent years, numerous scholars in the social sciences and humanities have attempted to adapt the insights of chaos theory to their studies of human cultural and social systems. Several of the world's leading anthropologists, such as Roy Wagner, Marshall Sahlins, Marilyn Strathern, and Arjun Appadurai - have similarly drawn upon particular elements of chaos theory for their inspiration, but as yet there is no focused, comprehensive treatment of the applicability of chaos theory to anthropology's distinctive ethnographic and cross-cultural materials. This edited volume fills the gap, with both accessible theoretical discussions of chaos theory applications in anthropology and detailed ethnographic and historical illustrations from Africa and Melanesia.

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À propos des auteurs

Mark S. Mosko is Professor of Anthropology in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University.



Fred Damon is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia.

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Éditeur
Berghahn Books
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1845450248
ISBN 13 
9781845450243
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
296
Éditeur
Mosko Mark S., Damon Fred
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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