The concept that people have of themselves as a 'person' is one of the most intimate notions that they hold. Yet the way in which the category of the person is conceived varies over time and space. In this volume, anthropologists, philosophers, and historians examine the notion of the person in different cultures, past and present. Taking as their starting point a lecture on the person as a category of the human mind, given by Marcel Mauss in 1938, the contributors critically assess Mauss's speculation that notions of the person, rather than being primarily philosophical or psychological,...
The concept that people have of themselves as a 'person' is one of the most intimate notions that they hold. Yet the way in which the category of the ...
The Jains have exerted an influence on Indian society and religion out of proportion with their relatively small numbers. The Assembly of Listeners: The Jains in Society is the first book to address the sociology of the Jains and to discuss the notion of the "community" based on religious affiliation in India. Topics covered include Jain ideals and identity; women in the Jains community; popular Jainism; Jain reform and Jain identity in the UK. This collection is an important theoretical addition to the studies of Indian society, which has previously focused mainly on caste and class politics...
The Jains have exerted an influence on Indian society and religion out of proportion with their relatively small numbers. The Assembly of Listeners: T...
The Jains have exerted an influence on Indian society and religion out of proportion with their relatively small numbers. The Assembly of Listeners: The Jains in Society is the first book to address the sociology of the Jains and to discuss the notion of the "community" based on religious affiliation in India. Topics covered include Jain ideals and identity; women in the Jains community; popular Jainism; Jain reform and Jain identity in the UK. This collection is an important theoretical addition to the studies of Indian society, which has previously focused mainly on caste and class politics...
The Jains have exerted an influence on Indian society and religion out of proportion with their relatively small numbers. The Assembly of Listeners: T...
...a fine collection of essays illuminating situation uses of narratives, images and tropes that are not contemplated as 'explanations' but as cultural resources mobilized to impart meaning and order when facing concrete circumstances...a great variety of excellent analyses going beyond the disciplinary boundaries of anthropology...this book is a welcome contribution and the project I belongs to offers one of the most important shifts in European anthropology in the coming decade.Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale
Inspired by the Rhetoric Culture Project, this volume...
...a fine collection of essays illuminating situation uses of narratives, images and tropes that are not contemplated as 'explanations' but as cult...
