Reseña de "Humanidad. Categoría o condición. Un viaje antropológico", de Montserrat Ventura, Josep Lluís Mateo y Montserrat Clua

José Luis Molina

doi:10.5565/rev/periferia.710

Review of “Humanidad. Categoría o condición. Un viaje antropológico”, by Montserrat Ventura, Josep Lluís Mateo and Montserrat Clua

Authors

José Luis Molina Departament d'Antropologia social i cultural (UAB)

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Abstract

The book "Humanity. Category or condition An anthropological journey” represents a journey on the concepts of humanity and the self based on cases taken from genetics and kinship, ethnohistory and ethnology. Drawing on the concept of Descola's “nature ontologies”, the book illustrates the difficulties of applying a single vision on the nature of human nature and the rich variety of ways of conceiving humanity.

Keywords

ontology, self, kinship, humanity

References

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Mauss, M. (1985). A category of the human mind: the notion of person; the notion of self. In S. Carrithers, M., Collins, S., & Lukes (Ed.), The category of the person: Anthropology, philosophy, history (pp. 1–25). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Author Biography

José Luis Molina, Departament d'Antropologia social i cultural (UAB)

Departamento de Antropología social y cultural (UAB).