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Animism in Rainforest and Tundra
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ISBN: 9780857454683 0857454684 9780857454690 0857454692 9781782385240 178238524X 128365556X Year: 2012 Publisher: New York Oxford

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Amazonia and Siberia, classic regions of shamanism, have long challenged 'western' understandings of man's place in the world. By exploring the social relations between humans and non-human entities credited with human-like personhood (not only animals and plants, but also 'things' such as artifacts, trade items, or mineral resources) from a comparative perspective, this volume offers valuable insights into the constitutions of humanity and personhood characteristic of the two areas. The contributors conducted their ethnographic fieldwork among peoples undergoing transformative processes of th


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The Asian side of the world : Editorials on Asia and the Pacific 2002-2011
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ISBN: 2271122228 2271077443 Year: 2019 Publisher: Paris : CNRS Éditions,

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Asia and the Pacific, an immense region, both new and old, in which two thirds of the world lives. A region of superlatives, exceptions, China, continually facing disasters and risks from its past, India, a continent of its own, Japan, archipelago of the future. It is a region that is attracting global growth and becoming the centre of the world. Who could have predicted that the GDP of Asia and the Pacific would be equal to that of the European Union? And what will tomorrow bring? This compilation gives an overview of Asia's world, bringing together roughly a hundred texts written by researchers and specialists and that have been published on Asia and the Pacific Network's website (CNRS/FMSH) between 2002 and 2011. These works covering the humanities and social science recount the past, tell us of the future and illustrate the complexity of Asia and the Pacific through its flaws, strengths and challenges. They reveal the profound roots and depth of the dynamism of these new powers that could soon take over the future of humanity. Numerous researchers and academics specialising in contemporary Asia and the Pacific are bringing into light many aspects of this great and inevitable shift in the world.


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L'Asie-monde : Chroniques sur l'Asie et le Pacifique 2002-2011
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ISBN: 2271122201 2271073324 Year: 2019 Publisher: Paris : CNRS Éditions,

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L'Asie et le Pacifique. Immense région, neuve et ancienne à la fois, où vivent les deux tiers de l'humanité. Région de tous les superlatifs, de toutes les exceptions, de la Chine, renaissant perpétuellement des catastrophes et aléas de son Histoire, de l'Inde, continent à elle seule, ou du Japon, archipel des futurs. Une région qui tire la croissance mondiale et qui devient le centre du monde. Qui aurait pu dire que le PIB de l'Asie et du Pacifique ferait jeu égal avec celui de l'Union européenne ? Et demain ? Cet ouvrage dessine le panorama de l'Asie-Monde, en réunissant une centaine de textes de chercheurs et de spécialistes publiés sur le site Internet du Réseau Asie et Pacifique (CNRS/FMSH), entre 2002 et 2011. Ces travaux, couvrant les sciences humaines et sociales, disent le passé, avertissent de l'avenir, montrent la complexité de l'Asie et du Pacifique, leurs failles, leurs atouts, leurs enjeux. Ils révèlent les racines profondes et donc les fondements du dynamisme de ces nouvelles puissances qui pourraient bientôt prendre les commandes de l'avenir de l'humanité. Une somme savante et accessible sur l'Asie et le Pacifique contemporains, qui rend sensibles les multiples aspects de ce formidable et inéluctable basculement du monde.

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