Adventures in the Stone Age

A New Guinea Diary

Adventures in the Stone Age
Leopold Pospisil, Jaroslav Jirik, Martin Soukup
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1 Sep 2021
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9788024647517
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The first publication of a charming fieldwork memoir by a giant of legal anthropology. When Leopold Pospisil first arrived in New Guinea in 1954 to investigate the legal systems of the local tribes, he was warned about the Kapauku, who reputedly had no laws. Skeptical of the idea that any society could exist without laws, Pospisil immediately decided to live among and study the Kapauku. Learning the language and living as a participant-observer among them, Pospisil discovered that the supposedly primitive society possessed laws, rules, and social structures that were as sophisticated as they were logical. Drawing on his research and experiences among the Kapauku-he would stay with them five times between 1954 and 1979-Pospisil broke new ground in the field of legal anthropology, holding a professorship at Yale, serving as the anthropology curator of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and publishing three books of scholarship on Kapauku law. This memoir of Pospisil' s experience is filled with charming anecdotes and thrilling stories of trials, travels, and war told with humor and humility and accompanied by a wealth of the author' s personal photos from the time.
Leopold Pospisil is a pioneer in the field of legal anthropology. Born in Czechoslovakia, he studied law at Charles University before emigrating to the United States in 1948. He was a professor of anthropology at Yale University from 1956-1983, and the anthropology curator of the Peabody Museum. Jaroslav Jirik is director of archaeology at the Museum of Prachen in Pisek, Czech Republic, and teaches archaeology courses at Charles University, Prague. Martin Soukup is a cultural anthropologist specializing in Melanesia. He is an associate professor at Charles University.
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ISBN-13: 9788024647517
Published: 1 Sep 2021
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Imprint: Karolinum, Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy, Czech Republic
Publisher: Karolinum, Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy, Czech Republic
Format: Paperback
Height: 203mm
Width: 146mm
Pages: 350

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