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The Chimera principle
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- Book Synopsis
- 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.
- About The Author
- 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.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780990505051
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- HAU Books, (19 May 2015)
- Number of Pages
- 400
- Weight
- 626 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 33 mm
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