How Forests Think Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human

Name: How Forests Think Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human
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ISBN: 9780520276116

ISBN-10: 0520276116

ISBN-13: 9780520276116

Edition: 2013

Authors: Eduardo Kohn

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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. However, when we turn our ethnographic attention to how we relate to other kinds of beings, these tools…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/10/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Runa Puma



The Open Whole



The Living Thought



Soul Blindness



Trans-Species Pidgins



Form's Effortless Efficacy



The Living Future (and the Imponderable Weight of the Dead)


Epilogue: Beyond


Notes


Bibliography


Index