Intimations of Infinity The Cultural Meanings of the Iqwaye Counting and Number Systems |
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| Author:
| Mimica, Jadran |
| Series title: | Explorations in Anthropology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-85496-854-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1988 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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| Imprint: | Berg Publishers |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $47.95 |
Book Description:
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This is a remarkable work which captures the reader's imagination as only few books do. From a description of the counting system of Iqwaye people of Papua New Guinea, the author develops a deeper and broader interpretation of the Iqwaye kinship system and cosmology, culminating in a powerful critique of western assumptions about the development of rational thought.
This is a remarkable work which captures the reader's imagination as only few books do. From a description of the counting system of Iqwaye people of Papua New Guinea, the author develops a deeper and broader interpretation of the Iqwaye kinship system and cosmology, culminating in a powerful critique of western assumptions about the development of rational thought.