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Perception of the Environment : Essays on Livelihood, Dwelling and Skill by Tim Ingold (2000, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100415228328

ISBN-139780415228329

eBay Product ID (ePID)1708549

Product Key Features

Number of Pages482 Pages

Publication NamePerception of the Environment : Essays on Livelihood, Dwelling and Skill

LanguageEnglish

SubjectSociology / General, Anthropology / Physical, Anthropology / General

Publication Year2000

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science

AuthorTim Ingold

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight29.7 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width6.9 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN00-027142

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal301/.01

SynopsisIn this work Tim Ingold offers a persuasive approach to understanding how human beings perceive their surroundings. He argues that what we are used to calling cultural variation consists, in the first place, of variations in skill. Neither innate nor acquired, skills are grown, incorporated into the human organism through practice and training in an environment. They are thus as much biological as cultural. The twenty-three essays comprising this book focus in turn on the procurement of livelihood, on what it means to 'dwell', and on the nature of skill, weaving together approaches from social anthropology, ecological psychology, developmental biology and phenomenology in a way that has never been attempted before. The book is set to revolutionise the way we think about what is 'biological' and 'cultural' in humans, about evolution and history, and indeed about what it means for human beings - at once organisms and persons - to inhabit an environment. The Perception of the Environment will be essential reading not only for anthropologists but also for biologists, psychologists, archaeologists, geographers and philosophers., An integrated approach to understanding how people live, learn, work in and perceive their environments., In this work Tim Ingold offers a persuasive approach to understanding how human beings perceive their surroundings. He argues that what we are used to calling cultural variation consists, in the first place, of variations in skill. Neither innate nor acquired, skills are grown, incorporated into the human organism through practice and training in an environment. They are thus as much biological as cultural. The twenty-three essays comprising this book focus in turn on the procurement of livelihood, on what it means to 'dwell', and on the nature of skill, weaving together approaches from social anthropology, ecological psychology, developmental biology and phenomenology in a way that has never been attempted before. The book is set to revolutionise the way we think about what is 'biological' and 'cultural' in humans, about evolution and history, and indeed about what it means for human beings - at once organisms and persons - to inhabit an environment. The Perception of the Environmentwill be essential reading not only for anthropologists but also for biologists, psychologists, archaeologists, geographers and philosophers.

LC Classification NumberGN33.I48 2000