The culture of coincidence : accident and absolute liability in Huli
1993, 1st edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #391283
Series: Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Physical description: xv, 443 pages ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contains text in Huli. Contents: Introduction: A Plea for Accident -- 1. Accident and Absolute Liability in Anthropology -- 2. Talking With and Through Accident -- 3. Questions of Intent and the Intent of Questions -- 4. Structuring Volitional and Non-Volitional Models: Synergy and Ideology -- 5. Fate and Fortuity: Perspectives on 'Mind' and 'Person'. Subjects: Huli (Papua New Guinean people) Social conditions; Huli (Papua New Guinean people) Legal status, laws, etc.; Philosophy, Huli; Accidents (Philosophy); Accident law Papua New Guinea; Language; Law and anthropology; Murder; Liability; Disputes; Discourse Analysis; Tribes; Legal Reasoning; Customary Law; Anthropology; Papua New Guinea; Southern Highlands Province; Jurisprudence.
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