{"title":"Eduardo Viveiros de Castro","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEduardo Viveiros de Castro\u003c\/strong\u003e offers profound explorations into anthropology and philosophy, inviting readers to reconsider notions of identity, culture, and the limits of Western thought. His work challenges conventional perspectives through innovative concepts like perspectivism, reshaping how we understand relationships between humans and other beings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom critical essays to expansive theoretical writings, these titles delve into the intersections of cosmology and indigenous knowledge, making essential contributions to education and reference in the social sciences. Readers will encounter rich, thought-provoking texts that inspire deeper engagement with complex worldviews.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"from-the-enemys-point-of-view-by-eduardo-viveiros-de-castro-9780226858029","title":"From the Enemy's Point of View","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Araweté are one of the few Amazonian peoples who have maintained their cultural integrity in the face of the destructive forces of European imperialism. In this landmark study, anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro explains this phenomenon in terms of Araweté social cosmology and ritual order. His analysis of the social and religious life of the Araweté—a Tupi-Guarani people of Eastern Amazonia—focuses on their concepts of personhood, death, and divinity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBuilding upon ethnographic description and interpretation, Viveiros de Castro addresses the central aspect of the Araweté's concept of divinity—consumption—showing how its cannibalistic expression differs radically from traditional representations of other Amazonian societies. He situates the Araweté in contemporary anthropology as a people whose vision of the world is complex, tragic, and dynamic, and whose society commands our attention for its extraordinary openness to exteriority and transformation. For the Araweté, the person is always in transition, an outlook expressed in the mythology of their gods, whose cannibalistic ways they imitate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the Enemy's Point of View\u003c\/em\u003e argues that current concepts of society as a discrete, bounded entity which maintains a difference between \"interior\" and \"exterior\" are wholly inappropriate in this and in many other Amazonian societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460841881836,"sku":"9780226858029","price":83.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226858029-from-the-enemy-s-point-of-view.jpg?v=1774954031"},{"product_id":"the-ends-of-the-world-by-deborah-danowski-9781509503971","title":"The Ends of the World","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe end of the world is a seemingly interminable topic – at least, of course, until it happens. Environmental catastrophe and planetary apocalypse are subjects of enduring fascination and, as ethnographic studies show, human cultures have approached them in very different ways. Indeed, in the face of the growing perception of the dire effects of global warming, some of these visions have been given a new lease on life. Information and analyses concerning the human causes and the catastrophic consequences of the planetary ‘crisis’ have been accumulating at an ever-increasing rate, mobilising popular opinion as well as academic reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Ends of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, philosopher Déborah Danowski and anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro offer a bold overview and interpretation of these current discourses on ‘the end of the world’, reading them as thought experiments on the decline of the West’s anthropological adventure – that is, as attempts, though not necessarily intentional ones, at inventing a mythology that is adequate to the present. This work has important implications for the future development of ecological practices and it will appeal to a broad audience interested in contemporary anthropology, philosophy, and environmentalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471767388396,"sku":"9781509503971","price":107.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509503971-the-ends-of-the-world.jpg?v=1775252984"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/eduardo-viveiros-de-castro.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}