Knots: Ethnography of the Moral in Culture and Social Thought (Routledge Studies in Anthropology)
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- Synopsis
- Knots are well known as symbols of moral relationships. This book develops an exciting new view of this otherwise taken-for-granted image and considers their metaphoric value in and for moral order. In chapters that focus on Japan, China, Europe, South America and in several Pacific Island societies, granular ethnography depicts how knots are deployed to express unity in daily and ritual embodiment, political authority and the cosmos, as well as in social thought. The volume will be of interest to anthropologists and other scholars concerned with metaphor and symbolism, material culture and technology.
- Copyright:
- 2023
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 240 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781000840216
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781032437613, 9780367463663, 9781003028482
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 05/31/23
- Copyrighted By:
- selection and editorial matter, David Lipset and Eric K. Silverman
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- David Lipset
- Edited by:
- Eric K. Silverman