{"product_id":"the-chimera-principle-carlo-severi-9780990505051","title":"The Chimera Principle: An Anthropology of Memory and Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003eAvailable in English for the first time, anthropologist Carlo Severi's \u003ci\u003eThe Chimera Principle\u003c\/i\u003e breaks new theoretical ground for the study of ritual, iconographic technologies, and oral traditions among non-literate peoples. Setting himself against a tradition that has long seen the memory of people \"without writing\"--which relies on such ephemeral records as ornaments, body painting, and masks--as fundamentally disordered or doomed to failure, he argues strenuously that ritual actions in these societies pragmatically produce religious meaning and that they demonstrate what he calls a \"chimeric\" imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeploying philosophical and ethnographic theory, Severi unfolds new approaches to research in the anthropology of ritual and memory, ultimately building a new theory of imagination and an original anthropology of thought. This English-language edition, beautifully translated by Janet Lloyd and complete with a foreword by David Graeber, will spark widespread debate and be heralded as an instant classic for anthropologists, historians, and philosophers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carlo Severi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0990505057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780990505051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2016","brand":"Carlo Severi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965164142847,"sku":"9780990505051","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_45c0cdf7-aff0-4595-8af9-2a1a6d13ef0d.jpg?v=1767278864","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-chimera-principle-carlo-severi-9780990505051","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}