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Of Jaguars and Butterflies : Metalogues on Issues in Anthropology and Philosophy
by Geoffrey Lloyd and Aparecida Vilaça
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Overview
What are we to make of statements that jaguars see themselves as humans, or of doubts about the boundary between dreams and waking? Jointly authored by an anthropologist and a philosopher, this book investigates some of the most puzzling ideas and practices reported in modern ethnography and ancient philosophy, concerning humans, animals, persons, spirits, agency, selfhood, consciousness, nature, life, death, disease and health. The study's twin aims are first to explore the possibility of achieving a better understanding of the materials we discuss and then to see what lessons we can draw from them to challenge and revise our own fundamental assumptions.
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- ISBN-13: 9781836950813
- ISBN-10: 1836950810
- Publisher: Berghahn Books
- Publish Date: August 2025
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.28 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.41 pounds
- Page Count: 130
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