How forests think toward an anthropology beyond the human
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 human—and thus distinct from all other life forms. Based on four years of fieldwork among the Runa of Ecua...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berkeley
University of California Press
2013
|
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: | |
| ISBN: | 9780520276109, 0520276116, 0520956869, 0520276108, 9780520276116, 9780520956865 |
| Online Access: | Get full text |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Abstract | 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 human—and thus distinct from all other life forms. Based on four years of fieldwork among the Runa of Ecuador’s Upper Amazon, Eduardo Kohn draws on his rich ethnography to explore how Amazonians interact with the many creatures that inhabit one of the world’s 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 (which have the effect of divorcing us from the rest of the world) break down. How Forests Think seizes on this breakdown as an opportunity. Avoiding reductionistic solutions, and without losing sight of how our lives and those of others are caught up in the moral webs we humans spin, this book skillfully fashions new kinds of conceptual tools from the strange and unexpected properties of the living world itself. In this groundbreaking work, Kohn takes anthropology in a new and exciting direction–one that offers a more capacious way to think about the world we share with other kinds of beings. |
|---|---|
| AbstractList | 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 human--and thus distinct from all other life forms. Based on four years of fieldwork among the Runa of Ecuador's Upper Amazon, Eduardo Kohn draws on his rich ethnography to explore how Amazonians interact with the many creatures that inhabit one of the world's 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 (which have the effect of divorcing us from the rest of the world) break down. How Forests Think seizes on this breakdown as an opportunity. Avoiding reductionistic solutions, and without losing sight of how our lives and those of others are caught up in the moral webs we humans spin, this book skillfully fashions new kinds of conceptual tools from the strange and unexpected properties of the living world itself. In this groundbreaking work, Kohn takes anthropology in a new and exciting direction-one that offers a more capacious way to think about the world we share with other kinds of beings. 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 human-and thus distinct from all other life forms. Based on four years of fieldwork among the Runa of Ecuador's Upper Amazon, Eduardo Kohn draws on his rich ethnography to explore how Amazonians interact with the many creatures that inhabit one of the world's 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 (which have the effect of divorcing us from the rest of the world) break down.How Forests Thinkseizes on this breakdown as an opportunity. Avoiding reductionistic solutions, and without losing sight of how our lives and those of others are caught up in the moral webs we humans spin, this book skillfully fashions new kinds of conceptual tools from the strange and unexpected properties of the living world itself. In this groundbreaking work, Kohn takes anthropology in a new and exciting direction-one that offers a more capacious way to think about the world we share with other kinds of beings. Can forests think? Do dogs dream? This book challenges the very foundations of anthropology, calling into question our central assumptions about what it means to be human - and thus distinct from all other life forms. Based on four years of fieldwork among the Runa of Ecuador's Upper Amazon, the book draws on ethnographic research to explore how Amazonians interact with the many creatures that inhabit one of the world's most complex ecosystems. |
| Author | Kohn, Eduardo |
| Author_xml | – sequence: 1 fullname: Kohn, Eduardo |
| BackLink | https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1130282272407961600$$DView record in CiNii |
| BookMark | eNplkM1PAjEQxWsUIyAHD14NBxPjAe0H_ToKQTEh0YN6bbq7BRbWLbbFDfz1FtdIjD1MZ5Jf3sx7LXBU2tIAcI7gDaKY3kouIMVQUiYYPQCdP_Ph74w5Q1A2QAtDRCAknMJj0BSUQy4Jxyeg4_0CxieRwBA2wdnYVt2pdcYH3w3zvFyegsZUF950fv42eLsfvQzHvcnTw-PwbtLTMuqiHsNxE-uzFCNpZCIk45pQyaTJpNZZmnCYQM2g1sZwkSFO-0RwrZlAmaaIkza4roW1X5rKz20RvPosTGLt0qs_BvdspYtgXGZmbr2JjXrXLv3HXtXsytmPdTSmviVTUwanCzUaDBFBAkUXbXBZk2WeqzTfVRRjwwJjjvsxMoYY3GEXNbbwwTpV37dQaQh8WxG23W_MZ6t1UuQ-5jhTK5fH6zbqdfg82EUesyFfl2F_jw |
| ContentType | eBook Book |
| Copyright | 2013 The Regents of the University of California |
| Copyright_xml | – notice: 2013 The Regents of the University of California |
| DBID | E05 RYH |
| DEWEY | 986.6 |
| DOI | 10.1525/9780520956865 |
| DatabaseName | University of California Press eBooks CiNii Complete |
| DatabaseTitleList | |
| DeliveryMethod | fulltext_linktorsrc |
| Discipline | History & Archaeology Anthropology Ecology Philosophy |
| EISBN | 9780520956865 0520956869 |
| Edition | 1st ed. 1 |
| ExternalDocumentID | 9780520956865 EBC1318190 BB13737298 10.1525/j.ctt7zw36z UCPB0000596 |
| GroupedDBID | -0~ -VX 05R 089 20A 38. A4J AABBV AAZEP ABARN ABCYY ABFDN ABMRC ABQPQ ABYBY ACBVX ACBYE ACLGV ADLLM ADVEM ADWAQ AEAFR AERYV AEXOF AFAWW AFGPE AFTSL AFXSA AGLEC AHWGJ AIGZA AILDO AIXPE AJFER ALMA_UNASSIGNED_HOLDINGS AMYDA APIKY AQQNK AVGCG AYLIX AZZ BBABE BFATZ CZZ DHNOV DNNHO DUGUG E05 EBSCA ECOWB HELXT J-X JJU JLPMJ KBOFU MYL NRCWT O40 OIENV PQQKQ PRRGP PYZUL QD8 TI5 W2P XI1 YSPEL Z16 ~I6 RYH |
| ID | FETCH-LOGICAL-a90371-62109646c219e9b8967a35969ed9aadcb70b0a60aaee78d1754387aa681da5173 |
| ISBN | 9780520276109 0520276116 0520956869 0520276108 9780520276116 9780520956865 |
| IngestDate | Thu Sep 11 08:25:53 EDT 2025 Fri Nov 21 19:41:31 EST 2025 Wed Nov 26 04:20:30 EST 2025 Thu Jun 26 22:35:14 EDT 2025 Wed Sep 10 05:42:53 EDT 2025 Thu Sep 11 08:22:35 EDT 2025 |
| IsPeerReviewed | false |
| IsScholarly | false |
| Keywords | what does it mean to be human anthropology ethnographic upper amazon environmentalism political activism reductionistic solution natural history anthropologist environmentalist do dogs dream arborist ecology runa of ecuador animal and plant sentience amazonian tribe social activist ethnography |
| LCCN | 2013003750 |
| LCCallNum | F2230.2.K4 |
| LCCallNum_Ident | F2230.2.K4 |
| Language | English |
| LinkModel | OpenURL |
| MergedId | FETCHMERGED-LOGICAL-a90371-62109646c219e9b8967a35969ed9aadcb70b0a60aaee78d1754387aa681da5173 |
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-258) and index |
| OCLC | 857079372 |
| PQID | EBC1318190 |
| PageCount | 282 |
| ParticipantIDs | askewsholts_vlebooks_9780520956865 walterdegruyter_marc_9780520956865 proquest_ebookcentral_EBC1318190 nii_cinii_1130282272407961600 jstor_books_j_ctt7zw36z igpublishing_primary_UCPB0000596 |
| ProviderPackageCode | J-X |
| PublicationCentury | 2000 |
| PublicationDate | 2013. 20130803 c2013 2013 [2013] 2013-08-03 |
| PublicationDateYYYYMMDD | 2013-01-01 2013-08-03 |
| PublicationDate_xml | – year: 2013 text: 2013. |
| PublicationDecade | 2010 |
| PublicationPlace | Berkeley |
| PublicationPlace_xml | – name: Berkeley – name: Berkeley, CA |
| PublicationYear | 2013 |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Publisher_xml | – name: University of California Press |
| RestrictionsOnAccess | restricted access |
| SSID | ssj0000918200 |
| Score | 2.712474 |
| Snippet | Can forests think? Do dogs dream? In this astonishing book, Eduardo Kohn challenges the very foundations of anthropology, calling into question our central... Can forests think? Do dogs dream? This book challenges the very foundations of anthropology, calling into question our central assumptions about what it means... |
| SourceID | askewsholts walterdegruyter proquest nii jstor igpublishing |
| SourceType | Aggregation Database Publisher |
| SubjectTerms | Aguaruna Indians Aguaruna mythology Amazon River Region amazonian tribe animal and plant sentience anthropologist Anthropology arborist do dogs dream Ecology environmentalism environmentalist Ethnoecology-Amazon River Region ethnographic ethnography Human-animal relationships Human-animal relationships -- Amazon River Region Human-plant relationships Human-plant relationships -- Amazon River Region Indigenous peoples Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- Amazon River Region natural history Philosophy Philosophy of nature Philosophy of nature -- Amazon River Region political activism Quechua Indians Quechua Indians -- Social life and customs Quechua mythology Quichua Indians reductionistic solution runa of ecuador SCIENCE / Environmental Science (see also Chemistry / Environmental) Semiotics Semiotics -- Amazon River Region social activist Social life and customs SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General Social sciences Social sciences -- Amazon River Region -- Philosophy SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social upper amazon what does it mean to be human |
| SubjectTermsDisplay | Human-animal relationships Human-plant relationships Indigenous peoples Philosophy of nature Quechua Indians Quechua mythology Semiotics Social sciences |
| Subtitle | toward an anthropology beyond the human |
| TableOfContents | How forests think : toward an anthropology beyond the human -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Runa Puma -- One. The Open Whole -- Two. The Living Thought -- Three. Soul Blindness -- Four. Trans-Species Pidgins -- Five. Form's Effortless Efficacy -- Six. The Living Future (and the Imponderable Weight of the Dead) -- Epilogue: Beyond -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Front Matter Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introduction: ONE: The Open Whole TWO: The Living Thought THREE: Soul Blindness FOUR: Trans-Species Pidgins FIVE: Form’s Effortless Efficacy SIX: The Living Future (and the Imponderable Weight of the Dead) EPILOGUE: NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Runa Puma -- 1 The Open Whole -- 2 The Living Thought -- 3 Soul Blindness -- 4 Trans-Species Pidgins -- 5 Form's Effortless Efficacy -- 6 The Living Future (and the Imponderable Weight of the Dead) -- Epilogue: Beyond -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 5. Form’s Eff ortless Effi cacy -- Introduction: Runa Puma -- 2. The Living Th ought -- 3. Soul Blindness -- CONTENTS -- Epilogue: Beyond -- 6. The Living Future (and the Imponderable Weight of the Dead) -- NOTES -- 4. Trans-Species Pidgins -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Frontmatter -- INDEX 1. The Open Whole -- |
| Title | How forests think |
| URI | http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/UCPB0000596.html https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt7zw36z https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1130282272407961600 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/[SITE_ID]/detail.action?docID=1318190 https://www.degruyterbrill.com/isbn/9780520956865 https://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=none&isbn=9780520956865&uid=none |
| hasFullText | 1 |
| inHoldings | 1 |
| isFullTextHit | |
| isPrint | |
| link | http://cvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwtV3fT9swED5tLZMAaWLAoGNM0YR4QREJSez4lapoL0M8sIk36-K4qHQKVRMo5a_n7KRZUoQED7xYTuQf0V10_s4-3wdwQIgjNHuNruKhNhRm6MYJG7pIrpiPBJETgZZsgp-fx1dX4qIi7MotnQDPsvjhQUzeVdX0jpRtrs6-Qd31oPSC6qR0KkntVC4h4vqxovm5nR0Zps28yC0d57jp0Rt2hZZH_-IVrWZQRun_2SCWiMUl3cIza1hSGz1r1846vbQa1DF6rW4foXsSRkHUgS4tl4Pf9TYWwQ3CEF6VvZQmPG71W4M1zMdkrsmUF7lJB3s9qbfXFiGgtKxno1EL4n-e2WCBVF9P7-bF4nDarvmXG9DV5iLIF_igs01YbzBKzDfh00BVte0y0crcOXRMFl-0TMnzLdggdTiVOhyrjm34eza47P9yK_4JF4XJZOgy8ocFC5kis65FEgvGMYgEEzoViKlKuJd4yDxErXmcEhILg5gjMnICMPJ58BU62W2md8GJQuUNaTxtuJHjVBHsC0IUacT58CRkrAc_G4KS9__sWXkuW9LsgdOUn5yUCUnkn_7FqWdT7dA4O1amsux-I1VR8MdZwB57sE9SlmpkSt-cVxM25MahF8wn2EuDL-Qv7eRVdLAcnPZ9svyEHOkjl_QiTcKV9kd-e02jPVj9_-d_h04xvdP7sKLui1E-_VH9ZE9Fx0ks |
| linkProvider | ProQuest Ebooks |
| openUrl | ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.title=How+Forests+Think&rft.date=2013-01-01&rft.pub=University+of+California+Press&rft.isbn=9780520956865&rft_id=info:doi/10.1525%2F9780520956865&rft.externalDBID=n%2Fa&rft.externalDocID=9780520956865 |
| thumbnail_m | http://cvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/image/custom?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.degruyterbrill.com%2Fdocument%2Fcover%2Fisbn%2F9780520956865%2Foriginal http://cvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/image/custom?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvle.dmmserver.com%2Fmedia%2F640%2F97805209%2F9780520956865.jpg |
| thumbnail_s | http://cvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/image/custom?url=http%3A%2F%2Fportal.igpublish.com%2Figlibrary%2Famazonbuffer%2FUCPB0000596_null_0_320.png |