In the society of nature

Description:

"English translation of author's masterful and important study, originally published in French (Paris: Maison des sciences de l'homme, 1986) and translated into Spanish (1992). Provides ethnographic description and analysis of the symbolic and technical relations of the Achuar to the Amazon environment. This pioneering model of a synthetic ecological/symbolic approach investigates dynamic interactions between techniques used in socializing nature and the symbolic systems that sustain these interactions. Overcomes previous limitations of materialist ecological and conceptual symbolic analyses. The value of this contribution is its understanding of the Achuar process of domesticating nature and of the long-run implications of this process for resource use in the Amazon environment"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

subjects: Achuar Indians,  Religion,  Conservation of natural resources,  Social conditions,  Subsistence economy,  Human ecology,  Agriculture,  Indians of south america,  Amazon river and valley,  Indians of south america, agriculture,  Indians of south america, social conditions,  Indians of south america, religion,  Achuar (Indiens),  Écologie humaine,  Économie de subsistance,  Conservation des ressources naturelles,  Conditions sociales,  Jivaro (volk),  Sociale ecologie,  Zelfvoorziening,  Duurzaamheid,  Grondstoffenbeheer,  Social life and customs,  Ethnology,  Conditions économiques,  Achuar indians--agriculture,  Achuar indians--social conditions,  Achuar indians--religion,  Human ecology--amazon river region,  Subsistence economy--amazon river region,  Conservation of natural resources--amazon river region,  F3430.1.a25 d4713 1994,  304.2/089/983

Places: Amazon River Region