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Cannibal Metaphysics
The iconoclastic Brazilian anthropologist and theoretician Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, well known in his discipline for helping initiate its "ontological turn," offers a vision of anthropology as "the practice of the permanent decolonization of thought." After showing that Amazonian and other Amerindian groups inhabit a radically different conceptual universe than ours--in which nature and culture, human and nonhuman, subject and object are conceived in terms that reverse our own--he presents the case for anthropology as the study of such "other" metaphysical schemes, and as the corresponding critique of the concepts imposed on them by the human sciences. Along the way, he spells out the consequences of this anthropology for thinking in general via a major reassessment of the work of Claude Lévi-Strauss, arguments for the continued relevance of Deleuze and Guattari, dialogues with the work of Philippe Descola, Bruno Latour, and Marilyn Strathern, and inventive treatments of problems of ontology, translation, and transformation. Bold, unexpected, and profound, Cannibal Metaphysics is one of the chief works marking anthropology's current return to the theoretical center stage.
Eduardo Viveiros de Castro
Der brasilianische Anthropologe Eduardo Viveiros de Castro beschäftigt sich mit den Vorurteilen gegenüber dem binären Denken, mit dem der strukturale Ethnologe Claude Lévi-Strauss assoziiert wird. Als Schlüssel zur Dekonstruktion dieses für ihn zu Unrecht verrufenen Schemas dient Viveiros de Castro zufolge die Mittellinie einer Gemeinschaft: » Mit anderen Worten müssen wir die Natur der inneren, die beiden Moieties trennenden Mittellinie begrifflich definieren[...] « In diesem Notizbuch wird die Mittellinie immer wieder neu verortet und dabei deutlich, dass das binäre System für Levi-Strauss keineswegs ein vereinfachender » modus operandi « gewesen ist. Schon zu Lebzeiten hat Lévi-Strauss den Dualismus problematisiert und dabei die Inkommensurabilität, den Chromatismus und die Dynamik dualer Strukturen mitgedacht. Eduardo Viveiros de Castro (*1951) ist ein brasilianischer Anthropologe und Professor am National Museum der Federal University von Rio de Janeiro. Sprache: Deutsch/Englisch
Temporomandibular Disorders
An authoritative and comprehensive account of the assessment and conservative management of temporomandibular disorders. Recent emphasis has been on 'evidence-based practice' at the expense of the clinical reality which should also take account of clinician expertise and patient preference. A sound research base is not always available. This text addresses the clinical reality of having to make decisions using other sources of knowledge in the absence of a comprehensive scientific rationale. It advocates clinical and evidence-informed practice - an approach which acknowledges the value of clinician experience and expertise as well as research findings. Compiled and edited by two highly regarded and experienced practitioners, researchers and authors who have already published many books and journal articles in the field. With contributions from a mix of 28 internationally-based clinicians and clinician-researchers allowing the text to highlight both current best evidence and clinicians' expertise and experience. Contributors include talented young clinicians as well as established experts in orthopaedic physiotherapy and world-level expert researchers.
Clinical Infectious Disease
A clinically oriented, user-friendly text on the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases for practising clinicians, students and residents.
Computational and Experimental Chemistry
This book covers a range of new research on computational quantum chemistry, along with a special section devoted to exotic carbon allotropes and spiro quantum theory. The section on spiro quantum theory covers the technical presentation of the ideas surrounding the emergence of a synthetic, analytical, and theoretical spiro quantum chemistry edifice, as well as a chemical topology scheme that successfully describes molecules and patterns, including the hydrocarbons and allotropes of carbon. The second part of the book covers a range of new research on computational quantum chemistry.
Internal Medicine Medical Student
Internal Medicine Medical Student USMLE Parts II and III: Pearls of Wisdom is designed to: Help students prepare for the USMLE Board Parts II and III Improve performance on IM rotations
The Ends of the World
The end of the world is a seemingly interminable topic Ð at least, of course, until it happens. Environmental catastrophe and planetary apocalypse are subjects of enduring fascination and, as ethnographic studies show, human cultures have approached them in very different ways. Indeed, in the face of the growing perception of the dire effects of global warming, some of these visions have been given a new lease on life. Information and analyses concerning the human causes and the catastrophic consequences of the planetary ‘crisis’ have been accumulating at an ever-increasing rate, mobilising popular opinion as well as academic reflection. In this book, philosopher Déborah Danowski and a...
How Forests Think
Can forests think? Do dogs dream? In this astonishing book, Eduardo Kohn challenges the very foundations of anthropology, calling into question our central assumptions about what it means to be humanÑand thus distinct from all other life forms. Based on four years of fieldwork among the Runa of EcuadorÕs Upper Amazon, Eduardo Kohn draws on his rich ethnography to explore how Amazonians interact with the many creatures that inhabit one of the worldÕs most complex ecosystems. Whether or not we recognize it, our anthropological tools hinge on those capacities that make us distinctly human. However, when we turn our ethnographic attention to how we relate to other kinds of beings, these tools...
General Surgery Medical Student USMLE Parts II and III: Pearls of Wisdom
General Surgery Medical Student USMLE Parts II and III: Pearls of Wisdom is a review manual that contains information and questions for improving one's knowledge base in surgery and for students preparing for USMLE Parts II and III. The text is written in a rapid-fire question and answer format to provide readers with the instant gratification of a correct answer.
