In 10 papers from a 2009-10 series of senior seminars at the University of Cambridge, British and American anthropologists ponder what an anthropology of human sociology would look like. Their topics
This volume concerns the longstanding intellectual puzzle of how individuals overcome their biological, neural, and mental finitude to achieve sociality. It explores how humans take each other into ac
British social anthropologist Schneider has revised her doctoral dissertation at Cambridge University, which was based on her field work in Papua New Guinea. She examines the people on Pororan Island,
Klein (U. of Heidelberg, Germany) reviews current understandings of human sociality in philosophical anthropology--covering current studies on human cooperative behavior from the discipline of economi
"For many medieval authors, sexuality was the ultimate expression of embodiment. Sexuality could be a medium for human communication with the divine, but it could also be a barrier when not conceptual
This volume concerns the longstanding intellectual puzzle of how individuals overcome their biological, neural, and mental finitude to achieve sociality. It explores how humans take each other into ac
The notion of 'sociality' is now widely used within the social sciences and humanities. However, what is meant by the term varies radically, and the contributors here, through compelling and wide rang
This book provides new insights into the social behavior of bats - one of the most fascinating topics currently being pursued by researchers.? After an introduction reviewing the history of research i
This issue moves beyond the binary of life and death to explore how the gray areas in between—precarious life, slow death—call into question assumptions about the social in social theory. In these “co
This volume introduces readers to the early social theology of Dietrich Bonhoffer, examining several of his early works and his letters from prison, and emphasizing his views on humanity, Christ, and
Mackenzie investigates computer software as a social object and cultural process and considers its role in contemporary communication. His account diverges from a general sociology of technology in th
In an original dialogue between philosophy and psychoanalytic theory, this book reflects upon a variety of social formations and their logics of exclusion and inclusion that characterize different rel
