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Living Beings

Perspectives on Interspecies Engagements

  • Paperback
  • 232 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • 15.5 x 23.2 x 1.6 cm

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"Living Beings "examines the vital characteristics of social interactions between living beings, including humans, other animals and trees.Many discussions of such relationships highlight the exceptional qualities of the human members of the category, insisting for instance on their religious beliefs or creativity. In contrast, the international case studies in this volume dissect views based on hierarchical oppositions between human and other living beings. Although human practices may sometimes appear to exist in a realm beyond nature, they are nevertheless subject to the pull of natural forces. These forces may be brought into prominence through a consideration of the interactions between human beings and other inhabitants of the natural world.The interplay in this book between social anthropologists, philosophers and artists cuts across species divisions to examine the experiential dimensions of interspecies engagements. In ethnographically and/or historically contextualized chapters, contributors examine the juxtaposition of human and other living beings in the light of themes such as wildlife safaris, violence, difference, mimicry, simulation, spiritual renewal, dress and language.
Living Beings and Sacred And The Profane
Sacred And The ProfaneLiving Beings
  • Authors

    Penny Dransart +1

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

  • Published

    June 2020

  • Weight

    318g

  • Page Count

    232

  • Dimensions

    15.5 x 23.2 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780857858429

  • ISBN-10

    0857858424

  • Eden Code

    4269871

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