Culture, Thought, and Social Action: An Anthropological Perspective

Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

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Culture, Thought, and Social Action

An Anthropological Perspective

Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1985

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Social Sciences Sociology Social Structures, Social Interaction, Population, Social Anthropology

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction From the General to the Particular and the Construction of Totalities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Ritual as Thought and Action
1. The Magical Power of Words Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Form and Meaning of Magical Acts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
3. A Thai Cult of Healing through Meditation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
4. A Performative Approach to Ritual Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
II. Cosmologies and Classifications as Thought and Action
5. Animals Are Good to Think and Good to Prohibit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
6. From Varna to Caste through Mixed Unions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
7. The Galactic Polity in Southeast Asia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
8. On Flying Witches and Flying Canoes: The Coding of Male and Female Values Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
9. A Reformulation of Geertz’s Conception of the Theater State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	316
Conclusion An Anthropologist's Creed Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
References Notes Sources Index
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	376
Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	405
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	407

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October 1, 2013

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9780674433748

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February 5, 1985

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674433731

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Reprint 2014

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411

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https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674433748

eBook ISBN: 9780674433748

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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Anthropology -- Classification.; Sociology -- Rites and ceremonies.; Rites and ceremonies.; Ethnophilosophy.

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