An Anthropology of the Subject
Subtitle: Holographic Worldview in New Guinea and Its Meaning and Significance for the World of Anthropology
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: April 2, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780520225879
Subjects: Anthropology; Philosophy; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Australasia, Oceania & Other Land Areas; Anthropology - General; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Australia & New Zealand - General; Earth Sciences - Geography
First sentence: If meaning were not central to the human experience, if it were a specialized subject of study like the kinds of meaning we call "philosophy," "religion," or "the natural world," then we might be justified in turning it over to specialists.