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This is a remarkable work which captures the reader's imagination as only few books do. From a description of the counting system of Iqwaye people of Papua New Guinea, the author develops a deeper and broader interpretation of the Iqwaye kinship system and cosmology, culminating in a powerful critique of western assumptions about the development of rational thought.
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Jadran Mimica Lecturer in Anthropology,University College London
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“... impressive not only for those who specialise in anthropology but for anyone concerned with understanding man.” ―Mainichi Daily News
“... complex, wide-ranging, provocative, irritating, unorthodox and most stimulating.” ―Canberra Anthropology
“... this book is without parallel...ethnographically rich and philosophically informed.” ―Oceania
“... Mimica has carried through a quite original piece of work and thought. This really is the kind of 'new anthropology' for which the discipline is searching.” ―Professor Marilyn Strathern, University of Cambridge
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0854968547
- ISBN 13 9780854968541
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages198
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