The anthropology of extinction

Description:

"The essays in this collection examine processes of--and our understanding of--extinction across various domains. The contributors argue that extinction events can be catalysts for new cultural, social, environmental, and technological developments--that extinction processes can, paradoxically, be productive as well as destructive. The essays consider a number of widely publicized cases: island species in the Galápagos and Madagascar; the death of Native American languages; ethnic minorities under pressure to assimilate in China; cloning as a form of species regeneration; and the tiny hominid Homo floresiensis fossils ("hobbits") recently identified in Indonesia."--Publisher description.

subjects: Extinction (Psychology),  Anthropological linguistics,  Extinction (Biology),  Anthropology,  Philosophy,  Culture,  Anthropology, philosophy,  Psychology,  Language,  Biological Extinction