02804nam 2200673 a 450 991078838100332120200520144314.01-280-12433-497866135281930-253-00545-0(CKB)3170000000046436(EBL)670301(OCoLC)775866808(SSID)ssj0000581991(PQKBManifestationID)11391623(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000581991(PQKBWorkID)10537704(PQKB)11485545(OCoLC)867787184(MdBmJHUP)muse18539(Au-PeEL)EBL670301(CaPaEBR)ebr10519694(CaONFJC)MIL352819(MiAaPQ)EBC670301(EXLCZ)99317000000004643620110609d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe anthropology of extinction[electronic resource] essays on culture and species death /edited by Genese Marie SodikoffBloomington Indiana University Pressc20121 online resource (255 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-22364-4 0-253-35713-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. The social construction of biotic extinction -- pt. 2. Endangered species and emergent identities -- pt. 3. Red-listed languages -- pt. 4. Prehistories of an apex predator.We live in an era marked by an accelerating rate of species death, but since the early days of the discipline, anthropology has contemplated the death of languages, cultural groups, and ways of life. The essays in this collection examine processes of-and our understanding of-extinction across various domains. The contributors argue that extinction events can be catalysts for new cultural, social, environmental, and technological developments-that extinction processes can, paradoxically, be productive as well as destructive. The essays consider a number of widely publicized cases: island speCulturePhilosophyAnthropologyPhilosophyExtinction (Biology)Extinction (Psychology)Anthropological linguisticsCulturePhilosophy.AnthropologyPhilosophy.Extinction (Biology)Extinction (Psychology)Anthropological linguistics.306.01Sodikoff Genese Marie1966-1522940MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788381003321The anthropology of extinction3839526UNINA