Intimations of Infinity

The Cultural Meanings of the Iqwaye Counting and Number Systems
1. Auflage 1988
ISBN: 978-0-85496-145-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

Reihe: Explorations in Anthropology

This is a remarkable work which captures the reader's imagination as only few books do. From a description of the counting system of Iqwaye people of Papua New Guinea, the author develops a deeper and broader interpretation of the Iqwaye kinship system and cosmology, culminating in a powerful critique of western assumptions about the development of rational thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mimica, Jadran

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Zahlensysteme
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. The Counting System 3. The Authentic Constitution of the Numerical Series 4. The Counting System in the Light of the Iqwaye View of the Cosmos 5. The Image of Cosmic Totality and the Primordial Senses of Infinity, 6. Iqwaye Counting, the Mathematical Infinite and the Problem of the Understanding of other Mathematical Realities 7. Number and the Existential Foundations of Anthropological Understanding of Other Cultures, Afterword: Some Comments on the Iqwaye Mathematic

Über Autor(innen)

Jadran Mimica Lecturer in Anthropology,University College London