Anthropology of Nature

It looks as though the anthropology of nature is an oxymoron of sorts, given that for the past few centuries, nature has been characterized in the West by humans' absence, and humans, by their capacity to overcome what is natural in them. But nature does not exist as a sphere of autonomous real...

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Main Author: Philippe Descola (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Collège de France 2014
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