{"product_id":"being-alive-essays-on-movement-knowledge-and-description-paperback","title":"Being Alive: Essays on Movement, Knowledge and Description - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Ingold\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthropology is a disciplined inquiry into the conditions and potentials of human life. Generations of theorists, however, have expunged life from their accounts, treating it as the mere output of patterns, codes, structures or systems variously defined as genetic or cultural, natural or social. Building on his classic work \u003cem\u003eThe Perception of the Environment\u003c\/em\u003e, Tim Ingold sets out to restore life to where it should belong, at the heart of anthropological concern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeing Alive \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eranges over such themes as the vitality of materials; what it means to make things; the perception and formation of the ground; the mingling of earth and sky in the weather-world; the experiences of light, sound and feeling; the role of storytelling in the integration of knowledge; and the potential of drawing to unite observation and description. \u003cp\u003eOur humanity, Ingold argues, does not come ready-made but is continually fashioned in our movements along ways of life. Starting from the idea of life as a process of wayfaring, Ingold presents a radically new understanding of movement, knowledge and description as dimensions not just of being in the world, but of being alive to what is going on there.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis edition includes a new preface by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTim Ingold\u003c\/strong\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen. He is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eLines\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaking\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImagining for Real\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Perception of the Environment\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 332\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785673605408,"sku":"9781032052311","price":90.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/47a18bc585b5cf3e0f736e4c71adedbc.webp?v=1780618354","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/being-alive-essays-on-movement-knowledge-and-description-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}