The Chimera Principle An Anthropology of Memory and Imagination
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The Chimera Principle An Anthropology of Memory and Imagination by Carlo Severi
Presents a fresh theoretical ground for the study of ritual, iconographic technologies, and oral traditions among nonliterate peoples. The author unfolds fresh approaches to research in the anthropology of ritual and memory, ultimately building a new theory of imagination and an original anthropology of thought.
Carlo Severi is professor at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales and director of research at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique. Janet Lloyd has translated more than seventy books from French, including Philippe Descola's Beyond Nature and Culture, published by the University of Chicago Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780990505051 |
| ISBN 10 | 0990505057 |
| Title | The Chimera Principle An Anthropology of Memory and Imagination |
| Author | Carlo Severi |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HAU |
| Year published | 2015-04-15 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
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