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“De Martino was well ahead of his time. Since his death we have witnessed the rise of medical anthropology, reflexivity, ethnographic film, ethnomusicology, and phenomenology. The time is now ripe for this translation of La fine del mondo to appear.” * Charles Stewart, University College London *

Table of Contents

Translator’s Preface
Introduction
Overture 1: Will There Be a World Tomorrow?
1: Mundus
2: Psychopathological Apocalypses
3: The Drama of Christian Apocalypse
4: Apocalypse and Decolonization
5: The Apocalypse of the West
6: Anthropology and Marxism
7: Anthropology and Philosophy
Glossary
Notes
References
Index

The End of the World

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    A Hardback by Ernesto de Martino, Dorothy Louise Zinn

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 29/11/2023
      ISBN13: 9780226820552, 978-0226820552
      ISBN10: 0226820556

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      “De Martino was well ahead of his time. Since his death we have witnessed the rise of medical anthropology, reflexivity, ethnographic film, ethnomusicology, and phenomenology. The time is now ripe for this translation of La fine del mondo to appear.” * Charles Stewart, University College London *

      Table of Contents

      Translator’s Preface
      Introduction
      Overture 1: Will There Be a World Tomorrow?
      1: Mundus
      2: Psychopathological Apocalypses
      3: The Drama of Christian Apocalypse
      4: Apocalypse and Decolonization
      5: The Apocalypse of the West
      6: Anthropology and Marxism
      7: Anthropology and Philosophy
      Glossary
      Notes
      References
      Index

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