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The culture cult : designer tribalism and other essays / Roger Sandall.

Title
The culture cult : designer tribalism and other essays / Roger Sandall.
Author
Sandall, Roger
Publication
Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2001.

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Description
x, 214 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
A study of the social effects of romantic primitivism.
Uniform Title
Anthropology online.
Subject
  • Alternative lifestyles
  • Primitivism
  • Primitive societies > Public opinion
  • Civilization, Modern > Public opinion
  • Cultuur
  • Meningen
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-207) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Romantic primitivism: the anthropological connection -- The new Stone Age -- Designer tribalism -- Enter the noble savage -- The triumph of the litterateur -- Academic primitivism: the political implications -- What Karl Polanyi found in Dahomey -- The Book of Isaiah -- Karl Popper in New Zealand -- Civilization and its malcontents: the economic and cultural implications -- Why cultures succeed or fail -- Civilization and its malcontents -- Appendix: the four stages of noble savagery.
ISBN
0813338638
LCCN
^^^00043704^
OCLC
  • 44703397
  • SCSB-10631449
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library