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Intimations of Infinity

- The Cultural Meanings of the Iqwaye Counting and Number Systems

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From a description of the counting system of Iqwaye people of Papua New Guinea, the author develops a deeper and broader interpretation of the Iqwaye kinship system and cosmology, culminating in a powerful critique of western assumptions about the development of rational thought.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780854961450
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 198
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. juli 1988
  • Størrelse:
  • 138x216x15 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 530 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
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From a description of the counting system of Iqwaye people of Papua New Guinea, the author develops a deeper and broader interpretation of the Iqwaye kinship system and cosmology, culminating in a powerful critique of western assumptions about the development of rational thought.

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