ISBN:
9780415195768
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (224 p)
Series Statement:
Material Cultures
Parallel Title:
Print version Mind, Materiality and History : Explorations in Fijian Ethnography
DDC:
155.8/2
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
〈I〉Mind, Materiality and History〈/I〉 has direct relevance to current debates on the nature of mind and consciousness, and demonstrates the centrality of the study of children to social analysis
Description / Table of Contents:
BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Re-thinking analytical categories; Humans as autopoietic systems; Mind and inter-subjectivity; The language aspect of becoming who we are; The phenomenology of learning; Conclusion; Part I OBJECTIFYING HISTORY, MATERIAL MIND; 1 DRINKING CASH; 2 MAKING THE PRESENT, REVEALING THE PAST; 3 SEEING THE ANCESTRAL SITES; Part II THE MATERIAL BASIS OF MEANING; 4 SIGN INTO SYMBOL, SYMBOL AS SIGN; 5 MAKING HISTORY; 6 RITUAL, RULE AND COGNITIVE SCHEME
Description / Table of Contents:
Part III LIVING HISTORY, MATERIAL MIND AND THE STUFF OF THE WORLD7 TRANSFORMING LOVE; 8 COSMOGONIC ASPECTS OF DESIRE AND COMPASSION IN FIJI; 9 'ALL THINGS GO IN PAIRS, OR THE SHARKS WILL BITE'; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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