Intimations of Infinity: The Cultural Meanings of the Iqwaye Counting and Number Systems (Explorations in Anthropology) (signed)

Mimica, Jadran

ISBN 10: 0854961453 / ISBN 13: 9780854961450

Published by BERG/Routledge, 1988

About this Item

Signed. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with light wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Intimations of Infinity: The Cultural Meanings of the Iqwaye Counting and Number Systems (Explorations in Anthropology) (signed)
• Publisher: BERG/Routledge
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0854961453
• ISBN 13: 9780854961450
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Jadran Mimica Lecturer in Anthropology,University College London