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Title:

INTIMATIONS OF INFINITY
THE CULTURAL MEANINGS OF THE IQWAYE COUNTING AND NUMBER SYSTEMS

By:

Jadran Mimica

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0854961453

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9780854961450

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Publisher:

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Pub. date:

1 July, 1988

Series:

Explorations in Anthropology v. 1

Pages:

188

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

This is a remarkable work which captures the reader's imagination as only few books do. 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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illustrations, bibliography, index

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Imprint:

Berg Publishers

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