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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 an interpretation of the Iqwaye kinship system and cosmology, culminating in a critique of western assumptions about the development of rational thought.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780854968541
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 198
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. juli 1988
  • Størrelse:
  • 217x142x16 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 302 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 6. december 2024

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

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