The Chimera Principle: An Anthropology of Memory and Imagination - Brossura

Severi, Carlo; Graeber, David

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ISBN 10: 0990505057 ISBN 13: 9780990505051

Casa editrice: HAU, 2015

Riassunto

Available in English for the first time, anthropologist Carlo Severi’s The Chimera Principle breaks new theoretical ground for the study of ritual, iconographic technologies, and oral traditions among non-literate peoples. Setting himself against a tradition that has long seen the memory of people “without writing”—which relies on such ephemeral records as ornaments, body painting, and masks—as fundamentally disordered or doomed to failure, he argues strenuously that ritual actions in these societies pragmatically produce religious meaning and that they demonstrate what he calls a “chimeric” imagination.

Deploying philosophical and ethnographic theory, Severi unfolds new approaches to research in the anthropology of ritual and memory, ultimately building a new theory of imagination and an original anthropology of thought. This English-language edition, beautifully translated by Janet Lloyd and complete with a foreword by David Graeber, will spark widespread debate and be heralded as an instant classic for anthropologists, historians, and philosophers.

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L'autore

Carlo Severi is professor at the École des hautes études 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. 

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: HAU
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0990505057
• ISBN 13: 9780990505051
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 400