An Infinity Of Interpretations

Download or read book Intimations of Infinity written by Jadran Mimica and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a remarkable work which captures the reader's imagination as only few books do. From a description of the counting system of Iqwaye people of Papua New Guinea, the author develops a deeper and broader interpretation of the Iqwaye kinship system and cosmology, culminating in a powerful critique of western assumptions about the development of rational thought.