Once upon a time, anthropology had something to offer philosophy. It was a time when Continential thinkers drew on anthropology s theoretical terms mana, taboo, potlatch in order to reflect on the limits of human belief and imagination. Among these philosophic dialogues with anthropology, we find Ludwig Wittgenstein s Remarks on Sir James Frazer s magnum opus, "The Golden Bough." Now, Hau Books brings you the first translation by an anthropology Stephan Palmie of this masterpiece. Wittgenstein s remarks on ritual, magic, ...
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Once upon a time, anthropology had something to offer philosophy. It was a time when Continential thinkers drew on anthropology s theoretical terms mana, taboo, potlatch in order to reflect on the limits of human belief and imagination. Among these philosophic dialogues with anthropology, we find Ludwig Wittgenstein s Remarks on Sir James Frazer s magnum opus, "The Golden Bough." Now, Hau Books brings you the first translation by an anthropology Stephan Palmie of this masterpiece. Wittgenstein s remarks on ritual, magic, religion, belief, ceremony, and Frazer s own logical presuppositions are as lucid and thought-provoking now as they were over half-a-century ago. Anthropologists find themselves repeating many of Wittgenstein s same questions and confronting similar doubts today: Is metaphysics a kind of magic? What do we call ritual ? Are humans simply ceremonial animals ? This book is not only a fresh translation, but a fresh set of engagements with Wittgenstein s ideas from some of the world s most brilliant anthropologists. Contributors include: David Graeber, Veena Das, Michael Lambek, Heonik Kwon, Carlo Severi, Michael Taussig, Wendy James, Giovanni da Col, and Michael Puett. Here is a unique and well-overdue discussion of the mythologies in our language. Taking interdisciplinarity seriously, this volume returns to the ethnographic imagination that made great thinkers like Sigmund Freud, Jean-Paul Sartre, and indeed Ludwig Wittgenstein take heed and returns the favor to the philosophical tradition that found wonder and pause for thought in the anthropological canon."
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New. In 1931 Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote his famous Remarks on Frazer's "Golden Bough, " published posthumously in 1967. At that time, anthropology and philosophy were in close contact-thinkers drew heavily on anthropology's theoretical terms, in order to help them explore the limits of human belief and imagination. This is a translation of his work. Editor(s): Da Col, Giovanni. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666. 2020. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
