Adventures in the 'Stone Age': A New Guinea Diary - Couverture souple

Pospisil, Leopold

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 8024647516 ISBN 13 : 9788024647517

Editeur : Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic, 2021

Synopsis

The first publication of a charming fieldwork memoir by a giant of legal anthropology.

When Leopold Pospísil first arrived in New Guinea in 1954 to investigate the legal systems of the local tribes, he was warned about the Kapauku, who reputedly had no laws. Skeptical of the idea that any society could exist without laws, Pospísil immediately decided to live among and study the Kapauku. Learning the language and living as a participant-observer among them, Pospísil discovered that the supposedly primitive society possessed laws, rules, and social structures that were as sophisticated as they were logical. Drawing on his research and experiences among the Kapauku--he would stay with them five times between 1954 and 1979--Pospísil broke new ground in the field of legal anthropology, holding a professorship at Yale, serving as the anthropology curator of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and publishing three books of scholarship on Kapauku law.

This memoir of Pospísil's experience is filled with charming anecdotes and thrilling stories of trials, travels, and war told with humor and humility and accompanied by a wealth of the author's personal photos from the time.

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À propos des auteurs

Leopold Pospísil is a pioneer in the field of legal anthropology. Born in Czechoslovakia, he studied law at Charles University before emigrating to the United States in 1948. He was a professor of anthropology at Yale University from 1956-1983, and the anthropology curator of the Peabody Museum.

Jaroslav Jiřík is director of archaeology at the Museum of Prácheň in Písek, Czech Republic, and teaches archaeology courses at Charles University, Prague.

Martin Soukup is a cultural anthropologist specializing in Melanesia. He is an associate professor at Charles University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8024647516
• ISBN 13: 9788024647517
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 350
• Éditeur: Jirik Jaroslav, Soukup Martin
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible