The categorical impulse : essays in the anthropology of classifying behaviour

Ellen, R. F. 1947- (author.).

Summary: Classification, as an object of recent anthropological scrutiny came to prominence during the 1960s, exemplified in the British (constructionist) tradition by the writings of Mary Douglas, and in the American ethno-semantics (cognitive) tradition by the likes of Harold Conklin and Brent Berlin. At the time, these approaches seemed by turns to contradict each other, or even to exist in parallel universes. However, over the last 30 years we have witnessed both a renewed interest in classification studies as well as a cross-fertilization of these once antagonistic approaches. These essay.

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ISBN: 9781845451554
ISBN: 9781845450175
ISBN: 0857455702
ISBN: 9780857455703
Physical Description: 1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	CHAPTER 9. Fetishism: A Cognitive Approach (1988)CHAPTER 10. The Cognitive Geometry of Nature: A Contextual Approach (1996); Bibliography; Index.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 25, 2014).