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  • In and Out of the West

    Reconstructing Anthropology

    par Maurice Godelier ...
    Traduit par Nora Scott ...
    Collections series Page-Barbour Lectures
    Is anthropology simply a continuation of colonial domination and cultural imperialism by other means, or has it--since its nineteenth-century rebirth as a purportedly scientific discipline--produced reliable knowledge about the cultures it studies? Is anthropology a mirror--which reflects only the preoccupations of the (Western) anthropologist--or a window, through which it is possible to see, ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

  • Forbidden Fruit

    An Anthropologist Looks at Incest

    par Maurice Godelier ...
    Traduit par Nora Scott ...
    Exploring the role of the incest prohibition in human societiesWhat is incest? Is it universally prohibited? Does this prohibition concern only "biological" kinships or does it extend to various "social" kinships, such as those that are formed today in so-called blended families but which also exist in many other societies?This prohibition plays a fundamental role in the functioning of the ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Valuing the Unique

    The Economics of Singularities

    par Lucien Karpik ...
    Traduit par Nora Scott ...
    In this landmark work of economic sociology, Lucien Karpik introduces the theory and practical tools needed to analyze markets for singularities. Singularities are goods and services that cannot be studied by standard methods because they are multidimensional, incommensurable, and of uncertain quality. Examples include movies, novels, music, artwork, fine wine, lawyers, and doctors. Valuing the ... En savoir plus

    $76.99 CAD

  • Claude Lévi-Strauss

    A Critical Study of His Thought

    par Maurice Godelier ...
    Traduit par Nora Scott ...
    One of the world’s leading anthropologists assesses the work of the founder of structural anthropologyAs a young man, Maurice Godelier was Claude Lévi-Strauss’s assistant. Since then, Godelier has drawn on this experience to develop a profound and intimate grasp on the writings of his former teacher, one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Meticulously researched, Lévi ... En savoir plus

    $20.99 CAD

  • Acting for Others

    Relational Transformations in Papua New Guinea

    par Pascale Bonnemère ...
    Traduit par Nora Scott ...
    For the Ankave of Papua New Guinea, men, unlike women, do not reach adulthood and become fathers simply by growing up and reproducing. What fathers—and by extension, men—actually are is a result of a series of relational transformations, operated in and by rituals in which men and women both perform complementary actions in separate spaces. Acting for Others is a tour de force in Melanesian ... En savoir plus

    $26.99 CAD

  • The Metamorphoses of Kinship

    par Maurice Godelier ...
    Traduit par Nora Scott ...
    With marriage in decline, divorce on the rise, the demise of the nuclear family, and the increase in marriages and adoptions among same-sex partners, it is clear that the structures of kinship in the modern West are in a state of flux.In The Metamorphoses of Kinship, the world-renowned anthropologist Maurice Godelier contextualizes these developments, surveying the accumulated experience of ... En savoir plus

    $45.99 CAD

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  • Invention Of Women

    Making An African Sense Of Western Gender Discourses

    par Oyeronke Oyewumi ...
    The “woman question,” this book asserts, is a Western one, and not a proper lens for viewing African society. A work that rethinks gender as a Western construction, The Invention of Women offers a new way of understanding both Yoruban and Western cultures. Author Oyeronke Oyewumi reveals an ideology of biological determinism at the heart of Western social categories-the idea that biology provides ... En savoir plus

    $26.99 CAD

  • Beyond Nature and Culture

    par Philippe Descola ...
    Traduit par Janet Lloyd ...
    "Gives to anthropological reflection a new starting point and will become the compulsory reference for all our debates in the years to come." —Claude Lévi-Strauss, on the French editionBeyond Nature and Culture has been a major influence in European intellectual life since its French publication in 2005. Here, finally, it is brought to English-language readers. At its heart is a question central ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • From Extreme Violence to the Problem of Civility

    A Selection from Violence and Civility: On the Limits of Political Philosophy

    par Étienne Balibar ...
    Traduit par G.M. Goshgarian ...
    In this impassioned argument, Étienne Balibar boldly confronts the insidious causes of violence, racism, nationalism, and ethnic cleansing worldwide. Through a novel synthesis of theory and empirical studies of violence drawn from contemporary life, Balibar tests the limits of political philosophy to formulate new, productive conceptions of war, revolution, sovereignty, and class. Balibar explores ... En savoir plus

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  • What Kinship Is-And Is Not

    par Marshall Sahlins ...
    In this pithy two-part essay, Marshall Sahlins reinvigorates the debates on what constitutes kinship, building on some of the best scholarship in the field to produce an original outlook on the deepest bond humans can have. Covering thinkers from Aristotle and Lévy- Bruhl to Émile Durkheim and David Schneider, and communities from the Maori and the English to the Korowai of New Guinea, he draws on ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Michel Foucault

    Key Concepts

    par Dianna Taylor ...
    Collections series Key Concepts
    Michel Foucault was one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkers. His work on freedom, subjectivity, and power is now central to thinking across an extraordinarily wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, history, education, psychology, politics, anthropology, sociology, and criminology. "Michel Foucault: Key Concepts" explores Foucault's central ideas, such as ... En savoir plus

    $72.99 CAD

  • The Ethical Condition

    Essays on Action, Person & Value

    par Michael Lambek ...
    Written over a thirty-year span, Michael Lambek's essays in this collection point with definitive force toward a single central truth: ethics is intrinsic to social life. As he shows through rich ethnographic accounts and multiple theoretical traditions, our human condition is at heart an ethical one—we may not always be good or just, but we are always subject to their criteria. Detailing Lambek's ... En savoir plus

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