The culture of coincidence : accident and absolute liability in Huli
by Goldman, Laurence
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- ISBN 13
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1993. 1st edition. Hardcover. 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. 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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- Title
- The culture of coincidence : accident and absolute liability in Huli
- Author
- Goldman, Laurence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 019827873X
- ISBN 13
- 9780198278733
- Publisher
- Oxford : Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1993
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