Picture 1 of 1

Stock photo

Nature and Society - 9780415132169 - Picture 1 of 1

Nature and Society: Anthropological Perspectives by Philippe Descola, Gisli Palsson (Paperback, 1996)

BOOKS etc. (531931)

99.5% positive Feedback

Price:

£45.27

Free postage

Estimated delivery Wed, 2 Jul - Wed, 9 Jul

Returns:

60 days return. Buyer pays for return postage. If you use an eBay delivery label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.

Condition:

New

ISBN-13: 9780415132169, 978-0415132169. Nature and Society. Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom.

About this product

Product Information

The contributors to this book focus on the relationship between nature and society from a variety of theoretical and ethnographic perspectives. Their work draws upon recent developments in social theory, biology, ethnobiology, epistemology, sociology of science, and a wide array of ethnographic case studies -- from Amazonia, the Solomon Islands, Malaysia, the Mollucan Islands, rural comunities from Japan and north-west Europe, urban Greece, and laboratories of molecular biology and high-energy physics. The discussion is divided into three parts, emphasising the problems posed by the nature-culture dualism, some misguided attempts to respond to these problems, and potential avenues out of the current dilemmas of ecological discourse.