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.
| ISBN: | 9780854968541 |
| Publication date: | 1st July 1988 |
| Author: | Jadran Mimica |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 198 pages |
| Series: | Explorations in Anthropology |
| Genres: |
Society and culture: general Anthropology |