Knowledges: Culture, Counterculture, Subculture by Worsley, Peter

Knowledges: Culture, Counterculture, Subculture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781565845558)

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Knowledges: Culture, Counterculture, Subculture by Worsley, Peter

Knowledges: Culture, Counterculture, Subculture

$19.95
Knowledges: Culture, Counterculture, Subculture by Worsley, Peter

Knowledges: Culture, Counterculture, Subculture

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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Called "a classic study" by Booklist, this engaging inquiry into the nature of knowledge shows that "Western science" and "primitive beliefs" may not be so far apart as they seem. Renowned anthropologist and sociologist Peter Worsley begins Knowledges with his ongoing investigation of Australian aboriginal approaches to science and the natural world, and goes on to shatter conventional distinctions between science and culture, knowledge and belief. On the way, Worsley treats us to a lively and accessible examination of pre-European navigation of the Pacific, Western medicine, sub- and countercultures, nationalism, religion, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the iconology of Disneyland.


Author: Peter Worsley
ISBN-10: 1565845552
ISBN-13: 9781565845558
Publisher: New Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/1999
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 8.96h x 5.79w x 1.21d
By Peter Worsley
By Peter Worsley
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Twice president of the British Sociological Association, Peter Worsley is the author of the classic study of "cargo cults" in the Pacific, The Trumpet Shall Sound. His book The Third World introduced that term into everyday use. He is also the author of the bestselling textbook Introducing Sociology. He lives in London.

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