A fresh assessment of the workings of animal symbolism in diverse cultures. Based on first-hand field research among peoples as dissimilar as the Mongolian nomads, Aboriginal Australians, Inuit hunters and the cultivators of Africa and Papua New Guinea, this study reconsiders the concept of totemism and exposes common fallacies in symbolic interpretation.
A fresh assessment of the workings of animal symbolism in diverse cultures. Based on first-hand field research among peoples as dissimilar as the Mong...
Claude Levi-Strauss Strauss Claude Levi Roy G. Willis
The published work of Claude Levi--Strauss over the last three and a half decades has established him as one of the worlda s most innovative anthropologists. Yet throughout this period he was maintaining a full taching commitment in Paris.
The published work of Claude Levi--Strauss over the last three and a half decades has established him as one of the worlda s most innovative anthropol...
Where does 'the self' in 'myself' begin and end? And what do ideas of 'spirit' tell us about the nature of human selfhood? To investigate these poorly understood matters, veteran anthropologist, neo-shaman and paranormal healer Roy Willis spent five months in a remote part of northern Zambia exploring human consciousness in a fascinating and sometimes terrifying series of adventures.
This absorbing book tells the story of Willis' and his three local colleagues' quest, as they participate in and film rituals of ecstatic union with nature spirits and talk in depth with experts in...
Where does 'the self' in 'myself' begin and end? And what do ideas of 'spirit' tell us about the nature of human selfhood? To investigate these poo...
