Knots: ethnography of the moral in culture and social thought

"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 soc...

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Weitere Verfasser: Lipset, David 1951- (HerausgeberIn), Silverman, Eric Kline 1962- (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2023
Schriftenreihe:Routledge studies in anthropology
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Zusammenfassung:"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."
Beschreibung:xv, 245 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781032437613
9780367463663