Cosmos and Society in Oceania (Explorations in Anthropology)

Daniel de Coppet, André. Iteanu

ISBN 10: 1859730426 / ISBN 13: 9781859730423

Edité par Berg Publishers, 1995

A propos de cet article

vi, 338 pages ; 23 cm. Summary:Current anthropology uses expressions such as 'society as a whole', 'socio-cosmic relations', 'spatiotemporal extension', 'global ideology', and 'cosmomorphy' to establish that the clear-cut Western dichotomy between society and cosmos is not always to be found in the communities it studies. In fact, many elements that the West would at first undoubtedly classify as belonging either to the cosmos or to the society appear very often in Melanesia as belonging to neither one of these domains, but to a realm which combines the attributes of both. Focusing on different examples drawn from diverse Melanesian societies, this thought-provoking volume by eminent specialists re-examines the relation between society and cosmos and, in the process, opens new directions for research.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Cosmos and Society in Oceania (Explorations in Anthropology)
• Éditeur: Berg Publishers
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1859730426
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781859730423
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Pacific
  • Anthropology

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Synopsis

Current anthropology uses expressions such as 'society as a whole', 'socio-cosmic relations', 'spatiotemporal extension', 'global ideology', and 'cosmomorphy' to establish that the clear-cut Western dichotomy between society and cosmos is not always to be found in the communities it studies. In fact, many elements that the West would at first undoubtedly classify as belonging either to the cosmos or to the society appear very often in Melanesia as belonging to neither one of these domains, but to a realm which combines the attributes of both. Focusing on different examples drawn from diverse Melanesian societies, this thought-provoking volume by eminent specialists re-examines the relationship between society and cosmos and, in the process, opens new directions for research.

À propos de l?auteur

Andre Iteanu, Charge de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), Paris.