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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674059018
ISBN-13
9780674059016
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99681885
Product Key Features
Book Title
Tribal Imagination : Civilization and the Savage Mind
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Social, Civilization, History & Surveys / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General
Publication Year
2011
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Yes
Genre
Philosophy, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
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0.1 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
0.9 in
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0.6 in
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2010-034146
Reviews
The Tribal Imagination is an elegant demonstration that human nature is omnipresent in the symbolic realm and that knowing about this is the best way to make sense not only of humankind's unity but of its diversity as well., Here is a veteran writer and thinker sounding off on a huge variety of subjects, ranging from why monarchy may not be such a bad form of government after all to why James Cameron's Avatar exemplifies an important anthropological thesis...The charm of this book...lies in this very eclectic approach., The Tribal Imagination: Civilization and the Savage Mind is an exciting synthesis of earlier work like the anthropological classic Kinship and Marriage (1967) and [Fox''s] latest wide-ranging thoughts. In a way reminiscent of the breadth of Charles Hill''s recent masterpiece Grand Strategies: Literature, Statecraft, and World Order , Fox ranges from a discussion of the Ten Commandments to an analysis of the great warrior epics and Sophocles'' King Oedipus , from incest taboos and the myth of Isis and Osiris to the ambiguous nature of human rights, from the plot of Emily Brontë''s Wuthering Heights to Karl Popper''s thoughts on the desirability of ''open'' as against ''closed'' societies. But his most topical and provocative comments are found in a chapter entitled ''The Kindness of Strangers: Tribalism and the Trials of Democracy.'' -- Roger Sandall American Interest A lively, digressive work of startling range. -- Evan R. Goldstein Chronicle of Higher Education Here is a veteran writer and thinker sounding off on a huge variety of subjects, ranging from why monarchy may not be such a bad form of government after all to why James Cameron''s Avatar exemplifies an important anthropological thesis... The charm of this book...lies in this very eclectic approach. -- Bradley Winterton Taipei Times In this stocktaking of the human condition past, present, and future, Fox draws on publications made throughout his illustrious anthropological career. Readers are treated not only to Fox''s wide-ranging ideas on the topic, but also to insights into Fox the scholar, especially a chapter devoted to his enthrallment with the Victorian poet Algernon Charles Swinburne. Though Fox makes an evolutionary argument, his goal is not to layout an evolutionary sequence leading to ourselves, but to make connections between what we see in ourselves as humans today and how this relates to our evolutionary past. -- D. Read Choice The Tribal Imagination is an elegant demonstration that human nature is omnipresent in the symbolic realm and that knowing about this is the best way to make sense not only of humankind''s unity but of its diversity as well. -- Bernard Chapais, author of Primeval Kinship: How Pair Bonding Gave Birth to Human Society The Tribal Imagination manages to be erudite and logical yet engaging and entertaining at the same time. The intellectual pace of the book is the cognitive equivalent of being smacked by waves on the beach. -- Stephen V. Faraone, author of Straight Talk about Your Child''s Mental Health In The Tribal Imagination , Robin Fox brings to bear stunning insights from his wide knowledge of human societies and the philosophers, poets, and thinkers who have tried to understand them. He casts brilliant light not just on the human historical experience, but on contemporary issues from Iraq to human rights as well. -- Francis Fukuyama, author of The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution One of our most prolific and brilliant anthropologists has done it again. Marriage rules of simple societies, the rise of civilization, modern international politics, and literary examples ranging from the Bible and Greek mythology to Shakespeare and children''s rhymes are all grist for Robin Fox''s mill, which grinds out a fine understanding of how human groups function, given the Darwinian imperatives operating in history, the dynamics of family relationships, and the possibilities and limitations of the human brain. -- Melvin Konner, author of The Evolution of Childhood Written with Fox''s usual flair and vigor, and with a poet''s feel for language, The Tribal Imagination is a landmark in evolutionary social science, an original contribution to literary history and analysis. -- Roger Sandall, author of The Culture Cult: Designer Tribalism and Other Essays, In this stocktaking of the human condition past, present, and future, Fox draws on publications made throughout his illustrious anthropological career. Readers are treated not only to Fox's wide-ranging ideas on the topic, but also to insights into Fox the scholar, especially a chapter devoted to his enthrallment with the Victorian poet Algernon Charles Swinburne. Though Fox makes an evolutionary argument, his goal is not to layout an evolutionary sequence leading to ourselves, but to make connections between what we see in ourselves as humans today and how this relates to our evolutionary past., The Tribal Imagination: Civilization and the Savage Mind is an exciting synthesis of earlier work like the anthropological classic Kinship and Marriage (1967) and [Fox's] latest wide-ranging thoughts. In a way reminiscent of the breadth of Charles Hill's recent masterpiece Grand Strategies: Literature, Statecraft, and World Order , Fox ranges from a discussion of the Ten Commandments to an analysis of the great warrior epics and Sophocles' King Oedipus , from incest taboos and the myth of Isis and Osiris to the ambiguous nature of human rights, from the plot of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights to Karl Popper's thoughts on the desirability of 'open' as against 'closed' societies. But his most topical and provocative comments are found in a chapter entitled 'The Kindness of Strangers: Tribalism and the Trials of Democracy.', One of our most prolific and brilliant anthropologists has done it again. Marriage rules of simple societies, the rise of civilization, modern international politics, and literary examples ranging from the Bible and Greek mythology to Shakespeare and children's rhymes are all grist for Robin Fox's mill, which grinds out a fine understanding of how human groups function, given the Darwinian imperatives operating in history, the dynamics of family relationships, and the possibilities and limitations of the human brain., The Tribal Imagination: Civilization and the Savage Mind , is an exciting synthesis of earlier work like the anthropological classic Kinship and Marriage (1967) and [Fox's] latest wide-ranging thoughts. In a way reminiscent of the breadth of Charles Hill's recent masterpiece Grand Strategies: Literature, Statecraft, and World Order , Fox ranges from a discussion of the Ten Commandments to an analysis of the great warrior epics and Sophocles' King Oedipus , from incest taboos and the myth of Isis and Osiris to the ambiguous nature of human rights, from the plot of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights to Karl Popper's thoughts on the desirability of "open" as against "closed" societies. But his most topical and provocative comments are found in a chapter entitled "The Kindness of Strangers: Tribalism and the Trials of Democracy.", In The Tribal Imagination , Robin Fox brings to bear stunning insights from his wide knowledge of human societies and the philosophers, poets, and thinkers who have tried to understand them. He casts brilliant light not just on the human historical experience, but on contemporary issues from Iraq to human rights as well., The Tribal Imagination: Civilization and the Savage Mind , is an exciting synthesis of earlier work like the anthropological classic Kinship and Marriage (1967) and [Fox's] latest wide-ranging thoughts. In a way reminiscent of the breadth of Charles Hill's recent masterpiece Grand Strategies: Literature, Statecraft, and World Order , Fox ranges from a discussion of the Ten Commandments to an analysis of the great warrior epics and Sophocles' King Oedipus , from incest taboos and the myth of Isis and Osiris to the ambiguous nature of human rights, from the plot of Emily Bront 's Wuthering Heights to Karl Popper's thoughts on the desirability of "open" as against "closed" societies. But his most topical and provocative comments are found in a chapter entitled "The Kindness of Strangers: Tribalism and the Trials of Democracy.", The Tribal Imagination manages to be erudite and logical yet engaging and entertaining at the same time. The intellectual pace of the book is the cognitive equivalent of being smacked by waves on the beach., Here is a veteran writer and thinker sounding off on a huge variety of subjects, ranging from why monarchy may not be such a bad form of government after all to why James Cameron's Avatar exemplifies an important anthropological thesis'e¦ The charm of this book'e¦lies in this very eclectic approach., Written with Fox's usual flair and vigor, and with a poet's feel for language, The Tribal Imagination is a landmark in evolutionary social science, an original contribution to literary history and analysis.
Table Of Content
Contents Prologue: The Miracle and the Drumbeats 1. Time out of Mind: Tribal Tempo and Civilized Temporality 2. The Human in Human Rights: Tribal Needs and Civilized Ideals 3. The Kindness of Strangers: Tribalism and the Trials of Democracy 4. Sects and Evolution: Tribal Splits and Creedal Schisms 5. Which Ten Commandments? : Tribal Taboo and Priestly Morality 6. Incest and In-Laws: Tribal Norms and Civilized Narratives 7. Forbidden Partners: Ancient Themes in Modern Literature 8. In the Company of Men: Tribal Bonds in Warrior Epics 9. Playing by the Rules: Savage Rhythms and Civilzed Rhymes 10. Seafood and Civilization: From Tribal to Complex Society 11. The Route to Civilization: From Tribal to Political Society 12. Open Socieities and Closed Minds: Tribalism versus Civilization 13. The Old Adam and the Last Man: Taming the Savage Mind Epilogue: The Dream-Man Appendix: Transitional Time at the Edge of Chaos Notes and References Acknowledgments Index
Synopsis
We began as savages, and savagery has served us well--it got us where we are. But how do our tribal impulses, still in place and in play, fit in the highly complex, civilized world we inhabit today? This question, raised by thinkers from Freud to Levi-Strauss, is fully explored in this book by the acclaimed anthropologist Robin Fox. It takes up what he sees as the main--and urgent--task of evolutionary science: not so much to explain what we do, as to explain what we do at our peril. Ranging from incest and arranged marriage to poetry and myth to human rights and pop icons, Fox sets out to show how a variety of human behaviors reveal traces of their tribal roots, and how this evolutionary past limits our capacity for action. Among the questions he raises: How real is our notion of time? Is there a human "right" to vengeance? Are we democratic by nature? Are cultural studies and fascism cousins under the skin? Is evolutionary history coming to an end--or just getting more interesting? In his famously informative and entertaining fashion, drawing links from Volkswagens to Bartok to Woody Guthrie, from Swinburne to Seinfeld, Fox traces our ongoing struggle to maintain open societies in the face of profoundly tribal human needs--needs which, paradoxically, hold the key to our survival., Fox traces our ongoing struggle to maintain open societies in the face of profoundly tribal human needs that, paradoxically, hold the key to our survival. This latest book ranges from incest and arranged marriage to poetry and myth, from human rights and vengeance to pop icons such as Seinfeld., We began as savages, and savagery has served us well--it got us where we are. But how do our tribal impulses, still in place and in play, fit in the highly complex, civilized world we inhabit today? This question, raised by thinkers from Freud to Lévi-Strauss, is fully explored in this book by the acclaimed anthropologist Robin Fox. It takes up what he sees as the main--and urgent--task of evolutionary science: not so much to explain what we do, as to explain what we do at our peril. Ranging from incest and arranged marriage to poetry and myth to human rights and pop icons, Fox sets out to show how a variety of human behaviors reveal traces of their tribal roots, and how this evolutionary past limits our capacity for action. Among the questions he raises: How real is our notion of time? Is there a human "right" to vengeance? Are we democratic by nature? Are cultural studies and fascism cousins under the skin? Is evolutionary history coming to an end--or just getting more interesting? In his famously informative and entertaining fashion, drawing links from Volkswagens to Bartók to Woody Guthrie, from Swinburne to Seinfeld, Fox traces our ongoing struggle to maintain open societies in the face of profoundly tribal human needs--needs which, paradoxically, hold the key to our survival.
LC Classification Number
GN492.5.F69 2011
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