{"product_id":"an-anthropology-of-the-subject-holographic-worldview-in-new-guinea-and-its-meaning-and-significance-for-the-world-of-anthropology-paperback","title":"An Anthropology of the Subject: Holographic Worldview in New Guinea and Its Meaning and Significance for the World of Anthropology - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoy Wagner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Anthropology of the Subject \u003c\/i\u003erounds out the theoretical-philosophical cosmos of one of the twentieth century's most intellectually adventurous anthropologists. Roy Wagner, having turned \"culture\" and \"symbols\" inside out (in \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Culture \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSymbols That Stand for Themselves, \u003c\/i\u003erespectively), now does the same for the \"subject\" and subjectivity. In studying the human subject and the way human culture mirrors itself, Wagner has redefined holography as \"the exact equivalence, or comprehensive identity, of part and whole in any human contingency.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoy Wagner is a one-of-a-kind anthropologist whose books provide intense intellectual stimulation. His way of connecting the world of New Guinea to the world of anthropology is unique and, well, mind-blowing. . . . He writes books that you actually want to and will read more than once.--Steven Feld, author of \u003ci\u003eSound and Sentiment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWagner asks, daringly, what it would be like to imagine one of the most significant of human activities, the activity of description or representation, as a self-scaling phenomenon. . . . One begins to glimpse a genuine 'alternative anthropology.'--Marilyn Strathern, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gender of the Gift\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoy Wagner is a one-of-a-kind anthropologist whose books provide intense intellectual stimulation. His way of connecting the world of New Guinea to the world of anthropology is unique and, well, mind-blowing. . . . He writes books that you actually want to and will read more than once.--Steven Feld, author of \u003ci\u003eSound and Sentiment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wagner asks, daringly, what it would be like to imagine one of the most significant of human activities, the activity of description or representation, as a self-scaling phenomenon. . . . One begins to glimpse a genuine 'alternative anthropology.'\"--Marilyn Strathern, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gender of the Gift\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoy Wagner \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia. The classic \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(1975; 1981) is one of a half-dozen highly regarded works of ethnography and theory by Wagner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45892983980229,"sku":"9780520225879","price":57.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/xNqKyoG5K79780520225879.webp?v=1771919093","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/an-anthropology-of-the-subject-holographic-worldview-in-new-guinea-and-its-meaning-and-significance-for-the-world-of-anthropology-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}