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Können Wälder denken? Können Hunde träumen? In diesem modernen Klassiker der Anthropologie stellt Eduardo Kohn unsere zentralen Annahmen darüber infrage, was es bedeutet, ein Mensch zu sein - und sich damit von allen anderen Lebensformen zu unterscheiden. Auf der Grundlage von jahrelanger Feldforschung bei den Runa im oberen Amazonasgebiet Ecuadors beschreibt Kohn, wie die Amazonasbewohner mit den vielen Lebewesen interagieren, die eines der komplexesten Ökosysteme der Welt bewohnen. Ob wir uns dessen bewusst sind oder nicht: Unser gesamtes anthropologisches Instrumentarium beruht auf...

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....

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 humanand 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....