From dividual and individual selves to porous subjects

The distinction between understanding persons as dividuals versus individuals began to develop in the latter half of the twentieth century. Originating in Louis Dumont’s comparative work into the differences between Western and Indian subjects in the 1950s, it perhaps reached its zenith in the 1980s...

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Main Author: Smith, Karl (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2012
In: The Australian journal of anthropology
Year: 2012, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 50-64
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