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How Forests Think : Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kohn, Eduardo.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human-animal relationships--Amazon River Region.
- Human-plant relationships--Amazon River Region.
- Indigenous peoples--Ecology--Amazon River Region.
- Philosophy of nature--Amazon River Region.
- Quechua Indians--Social life and customs.
- Quechua mythology.
- Semiotics--Amazon River Region.
- Social sciences--Amazon River Region--Philosophy.
- Quechua Indians--Social life and customs--Amazon River Region.
- Quechua Indians.
- Quechua mythology--Ecology--Amazon River Region.
- Indigenous peoples--Philosophy--Amazon River Region.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Human-animal relationships.
- Human-plant relationships.
- Philosophy of nature.
- Semiotics.
- Social sciences.
- Local Subjects:
- Human-animal relationships--Amazon River Region.
- Human-plant relationships--Amazon River Region.
- Indigenous peoples--Ecology--Amazon River Region.
- Philosophy of nature--Amazon River Region.
- Quechua Indians--Social life and customs.
- Quechua mythology.
- Semiotics--Amazon River Region.
- Social sciences--Amazon River Region--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (282 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Can forests think? Do dogs dream? In this astonishing book, Eduardo Kohn challenges the very foundations of anthropology, calling into question our central assumptions about what it means to be human-and thus distinct from all other life forms. Based on four years of fieldwork among the Runa of Ecuador's Upper Amazon, Eduardo Kohn draws on his rich ethnography to explore how Amazonians interact with the many creatures that inhabit one of the world's most complex ecosystems. Whether or not we recognize it, our anthropological tools hinge on those capacities that make us distinctly human. Howeve
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Runa Puma; 1 The Open Whole; 2 The Living Thought; 3 Soul Blindness; 4 Trans-Species Pidgins; 5 Form's Effortless Efficacy; 6 The Living Future (and the Imponderable Weight of the Dead); Epilogue: Beyond; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780520956865
- 0520956869
- OCLC:
- 853364657
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