Bodies, Gods and Other Imponderables
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A01=Aparecida Vilaca
A01=Geoffrey Lloyd
Anthropology (General)
Author_Aparecida Vilaca
Author_Geoffrey Lloyd
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forthcoming
Sociology
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- ISBN 9781807580414
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Berghahn Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Through a dialogue between a philosopher and an anthropologist, one a specialist in ancient Greek and Chinese thought, the other in Amazonian Indigenous peoples, Geoffrey Lloyd and Aparecida Vilaça revise our understanding of beliefs and behaviours considered counter-intuitive in the Western world. These include ideas about the body and its antitheses, dreams, sickness, gods and the narratives and myths which are used to untangle these concepts. What is distinctive about the approach adopted here is that it poses radical questions about the nature of the problems themselves. This turns the study into a resource for the revision of many of our own current presuppositions.
Geoffrey Lloyd is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He specialises in classical philosophy, with a particular interest in the comparative study of ancient Greek and Chinese philosophical systems. Among his most notable publications are Ancient Worlds, Modern Reflections (2004), Being, Humanity, and Understanding (2012) and Expanding Horizons in the History of Science (2021).
