Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction. Nonhumans and the Paradox of the Human 1
6. Chapter 1. Pig-Humans and Human-Pigs: Perspectivism in Dayak Myth and Ritual 32
7. Chapter 2. Environmental Uncertainty and Augural Contingency 50
8. Chapter 3. A Non-Western Panopticon: The Yogyakarta Sultanate and Merapi Volcano 73
9. Chapter 4. “Bitter Shade”: Signs and Things in Pakistani Agro-Forestry 92
10. Chapter 5. Culture, Agriculture, and Politics of Rice in Java 110
11. Chapter 6. Historic Parting of the Wild from the Civilized in Pakistan 131
12. Chapter 7. Ritual, Myth, and the Rise of “Greedy Rice” 146
13. Chapter 8. Weedy Signs of Intent and Error 166
14. Epilogue. Seeing “Life Itself ” 193
15. Appendix: Principles of Augural Interpretation 203
16. Notes 207
17. References 237
18. Credits 279
19. Index 281