Anthropology of the Self: The Individual in Cultural Perspective

This book looks at the 'self' in Western, Asian and African societies passing though Greek philosophy, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confuscism, Tao and African philosophy and ending with contemporary feminism. Scholarly and written in a lucid style, free of jargon, this work is written from an anthropological perspective with an interdisciplinary approach. Morris emphasises the varying conceptions of the self found cross-culturally and contrasts these with the conceptions found in the Western intellectual traditions.

Author: Brian Morris
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 06/01/1995
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.60w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780745308586

About the Author
Brian Morris is the author of several books on anthropology and natural history including Anthropological Studies of Religion (Cambridge University Press, 1987) and Western Conceptions of the Individual (Berg 1991). He teaches anthropology at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

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