num_pages: 192
description: This book looks at the 'self' in Western, Asian and African societies passing though Greek philosophy, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confuscism, Tao and African philosophy and ending with contemporary feminism. Scholarly and written in a lucid style, free of jargon, this work is written from an anthropological perspective with an interdisciplinary approach. Morris emphasises the varying conceptions of the self found cross-culturally and contrasts these with the conceptions found in the Western intellectual traditions.
language: English
title: Anthropology of the Self: The Individual in Cultural Perspective
titlecomplete: Anthropology of the Self: The Individual in Cultural Perspective (Anthropology, Culture and Society)
genres: Nonfiction, Anthropology
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Pluto Press