Intimations of Infinity: The Cultural Meanings of the Iqwaye Counting and Number Systems (Explorations in Anthropology) [Hardcover]

Jadran Mimica (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1988 | ISBN-10: 0854961453 | ISBN-13: 978-0854961450 | Edition: First Edition

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"... impressive not only for those who specialise in anthropology but for anyone concerned with understanding man." --Mainichi Daily News

"... complex, wide-ranging, provocative, irritating, unorthodox and most stimulating." --Canberra Anthropology

"... this book is without parallel...ethnographically rich and philosophically informed." --Oceania

"... Mimica has carried through a quite original piece of work and thought. This really is the kind of 'new anthropology' for which the discipline is searching." --Professor Marilyn Strathern, University of Cambridge

About the Author

Jadran Mimica is a Lecturer in Anthropology, at the University College London.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 188 pages
• Publisher: Berg Publishers; First Edition edition (July 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0854961453
• ISBN-13: 978-0854961450
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,216,372 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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