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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972193903321

Autore

Celtel André

Titolo

Categories of self : Louis Dumont's theory of the individual / / André Celtel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2005

ISBN

1-57181-660-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p. )

Collana

Methodology and history in anthropology  Categories of self

Methodology and history in anthropology ; ; v. 10

Classificazione

73.02

Disciplina

301/.092

Soggetti

Personality and culture

Anthropology

Social Sciences

Social & Cultural Anthropology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's doctoral thesis.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-207) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Categories of Self -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknolwedgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. On Ideological Comparison -- Chapter 2. On French Ideology -- Chapter 3. On Homo Duplex and l'Homme Total -- Chapter 4. On Homo Hierarchicus -- Chapter 5. On Structuralism -- Chapter 6. On the Category of the Individual -- Chapter 7. On German Ideology -- Chapter 8. On World-Historical Structures -- Chapter 9. On the Category of the Self -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on anthropological, socio-psychological, religious, and philosophical material, this book engages in a discussion of what it means to be an 'individual' in relation to notions of selfhood, personality, and social role.