{"product_id":"the-composition-of-worlds-interviews-with-pierre-charbonnier-paperback-softback-9781509555482","title":"The Composition of Worlds; Interviews with Pierre Charbonnier (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509555482","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Composition of Worlds\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInterviews with Pierre Charbonnier\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilippe Descola (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509555482, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 October 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.7 x 1.8 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Charbonnier's questions have engendered exquisite insights into the essence of Descola's anthropology. A very welcome translation reveals the prescience with which, long ago, this eminent thinker scaled up his concerns to address some of today's most urgent problems.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarilyn Strathern, University of Cambridge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What a privilege, to accompany this brilliant anthropologist as he develops and reflects on his meta-ontology against the background of the ethnographic vocation, the Amazonian forest, structuralism, and the distinctiveness of anthropology in France! An instant classic, this exceptionally lucid work will be indispensable for teaching.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Lambek, University of Toronto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Much more than an intellectual biography, the book provides an example for all academics in the social sciences and environmental humanities who dream of having a wider impact without selling their soul.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnthropology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Will be of great interest to sociologists of knowledge and historians of ideas.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican Ethnologist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Greatly rewarding on a number of levels\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Australian Journal of Anthropology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this autobiographical reflection, the distinguished anthropologist Philippe Descola looks back on his intellectual career and examines both the central themes of his work and the key questions that have shaped anthropological debates over the past forty years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA student of Lévi-Strauss, Descola conducted ethnographic research among the Achuar of the upper Amazon in the late 1970s, focusing on how native societies relate to their environment. In this book he sheds fresh light on the evolution of his thinking from structuralism to an anthropology beyond the human, on the critique of the modern separation between nature and society, and above all on the genesis and scope of his major work \u003ci\u003eBeyond Nature and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. This synthesis of the ways in which humans view their relationships with non-humans proposes four schemas for the ‘composition of worlds’ (animism, naturalism, totemism, analogism) that characterize our ways of inhabiting the earth.\u003c\/p\u003e Presented in the form of an extended conversation with Pierre Charbonnier, this book is both a lucid introduction to the work of one of the most original anthropologists writing today and an impassioned plea for ontologies that are more accommodating of the diversity of beings.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword to the English edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. A taste for inquiry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophical journeys\u003cbr\u003e                                           \u003cbr\u003eDiscovering the mind, discovering the world\u003cbr\u003e                                 \u003cbr\u003eAmong the tribe of anthropologists\u003cbr\u003e                                     \u003cbr\u003eEntering the pantheon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII. An Amazonian sojourn and the challenges of ethnography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe world of the forest\u003cbr\u003e                                          \u003cbr\u003eLiving and working among the Achuar\u003cbr\u003e                                    \u003cbr\u003eThe trial of return\u003cbr\u003e                                                   \u003cbr\u003eIII. The diversity of natures\u003cbr\u003e                                              \u003cbr\u003eThe four corners of the world\u003cbr\u003e                                              \u003cbr\u003eMethodological questions\u003cbr\u003e                                              \u003cbr\u003eConceptual reform\u003cbr\u003e                                                \u003cbr\u003eForms of figuration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV. The contemporary world in the light of anthropology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe Moderns\u003cbr\u003e                                                 \u003cbr\u003eFrom anthropology to ecology\u003cbr\u003e                                     \u003cbr\u003ePolitical anthropology\u003cbr\u003e                                      \u003cbr\u003eThe museum\u003cbr\u003e                                                   \u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Archaeology%20%5BHD%5D%22\"\u003eHD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52463014773016,"sku":"9781509555482","price":17.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509555482.jpg?v=1785545169","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-composition-of-worlds-interviews-with-pierre-charbonnier-paperback-softback-9781509555482","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}