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Closure and Multiplication
Cosmogonic Aspects
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ethnographic case studies
indigenous belief systems
kinship systems
Melanesian anthropology
Melanesian socio-cosmic integration
Papuan Highlands
Polynesian Cloth and Reproduction
Replacing Cultural Markers
ritual symbolism
Rituals and Ancestors
social cosmology
Universe in Mono-Alu
Product details
- ISBN 9781859730423
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 1995
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Daniel de Coppet Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales,Paris Andre Iteanu Charge de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), Paris
