Random Mind: Towards an Appreciation of Openness in Individual, Society and Anthropology

Gregory Bateson laid stress on treating anthropology as a ‘non-specialist’ subject which would draw upon, and hence illuminate the interdependence of, all the human sciences in its endeavour to tackle what he called the `vast intricacies' of socio-cultural complexity. What was called for was an...

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Main Author: Rapport, Nigel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2001
In: The Australian journal of anthropology
Year: 2001, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 190-208
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