Questioning of this dichotomy
The
dichotomy nature / culture is a recent Western cultural specificity,
and is not defined anywhere. This paradigm is not just an analytical
tool among others, it is also the cornerstone of modern epistemology.
So are four Descola "means of identification" which are totemism,
animism, the analogy and naturalism. Only the naturalist society
(Western) produces the border between self and others through the idea
of "nature". Nature is what is not the culture, which is not
distinguishing features of the human species, and knowledge and
know-how humans. |