Philippe Descola | |
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Born | France | 19 June 1949
Era | Contemporary philosophy/Social anthropology/Ethnology/Social science |
Region | French philosophy |
School | Structuralism |
Main interests | Anthropology, Epistemology, Ethnology, Ontology |
Notable ideas | The four ontologies (animism, totemism, analogism, naturalism) |
Philippe Descola, FBA (born 19 June 1949) is a French anthropologist noted for studies of the Achuar, one of several Jivaroan peoples, and for his contributions to anthropological theory.