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Intimations of Infinity: The Cultural Meanings of the Iqwaye Counting and Number Systems - Explorations in Anthropology Jadran Mimica 1st edition
Intimations of Infinity: The Cultural Meanings of the Iqwaye Counting and Number Systems - Explorations in Anthropology
Jadran Mimica
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.
188 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 1, 1988 |
| ISBN13 | 9780854961450 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 198 |
| Dimensions | 138 × 216 × 15 mm · 453 g |
| Language | English |