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Framing cosmologies: The anthropology of worlds
Allen Abramson
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Description for Framing cosmologies: The anthropology of worlds
Hardcover. Explores the ways in which the horizons of human worlds are imagined and engaged Editor(s): Abramson, Allen; Holbraad, Martin. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
How might the anthropological study of cosmologies – the ways in which the horizons of human worlds are imagined and engaged – illuminate understandings of the contemporary world? This book addresses this question by bringing together anthropologists whose research is informed by a concern with cosmological dimensions of social life in different ethnographic settings. Its overall aim is to reaffirm the value of the cosmological frame as a continuing source of analytical insight. Attending to the novel cosmological formations that emerge in such fields as modern markets, political landscapes, digital media and popular cinema, the book’s key task is to ... Read more
How might the anthropological study of cosmologies – the ways in which the horizons of human worlds are imagined and engaged – illuminate understandings of the contemporary world? This book addresses this question by bringing together anthropologists whose research is informed by a concern with cosmological dimensions of social life in different ethnographic settings. Its overall aim is to reaffirm the value of the cosmological frame as a continuing source of analytical insight. Attending to the novel cosmological formations that emerge in such fields as modern markets, political landscapes, digital media and popular cinema, the book’s key task is to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719095993
SKU
V9780719095993
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99-15
About Allen Abramson
Allen Abramson and Martin Holbraad convene the Cosmology, Ontology, Religion and Culture Research Group (CROC) in the Department of Anthropology at University College London (UCL), where they both teach -- .
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