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This richly illustrated book documents indigenous knowledge and uses of San material culture and artefacts collected a century ago, as described by KhoiSan elders to the authors.
.."". a first-rate piece of scholarship... an invaluable summary and commentary on the multilingual literature on [Bushman] people."" -- Choice The trickster and trance dancer are the guides through Bushman (or San) religion, a world of ambiguity and contradiction, and of enchantment. The two figures, who in Bushman belief are symbolically equivalent and mystically linked, embody these antistructural traits.
This comprehensive account of arid-land ecosystems will be of importance to university teachers and professional ecologists throughout the world.
In the early sixties, South Africa’s colonial policies in Namibia served as a testing ground for many key features of its repressive ‘Grand Apartheid’ infrastructure, including strategies for countering anti-apartheid resistance. Exposing the role that anthropologists played, this book analyses how the knowledge used to justify and implement apartheid was created. Understanding these practices and the ways in which South Africa’s experiences in Namibia influenced later policy at home is also critically evaluated, as is the matter of adjudicating the many South African anthropologists who supported the regime.
When this work was first published it started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. It shows how research in human genetics and neuroscience has strengthened the case for biological understanding of human nature.
First published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1973. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1974. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.