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The Institutions of Meaning: A Defense of Anthropological Holism
The Institutions of Meaning A Defense of Anthropological Holism
Author: Vincent Descombes
Holism grows out of the philosophical position that an object or phenomenon is more than the sum of its parts. And yet analysis--a mental process crucial to human comprehension--involves breaking something down into its components, dismantling the whole in order to grasp it piecemeal and relationally. Wading through such quandaries with grace an...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674728783
ISBN-10: 0674728785
Publication Date: 3/11/2014
Pages: 382
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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