Knowledges: Culture, Counterculture, Subculture

by Peter Worsley

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565845552
• ISBN13: 9781565845558
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good general book, useful to anthropologists and psychologis

Peter Worsley's book will be useful to anyone interested in the anthropology of traditional knowledge. It is a good general introduction to the area--heavily based, however, on British social anthropology, with minimal references to the American cognitive and ethnobiological schools or to psychology. Gene Anderson, UC Riverside