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The contrast is neatly encapsulated in Ridington's observation that hunter - gatherers , " instead of attempting to control nature ... Moreover any attempt to curb the autonomy of the animals , along the lines of pastoral domestication ...
The contrast is neatly encapsulated in Ridington's observation that hunter - gatherers , " instead of attempting to control nature ... Moreover any attempt to curb the autonomy of the animals , along the lines of pastoral domestication ...
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And they are used not in a failed attempt to achieve emancipation from an alien world of nature , but in a successful attempt to draw it into the familiar ambit of social being . Conclusion Hunters and gatherers have secured their place ...
And they are used not in a failed attempt to achieve emancipation from an alien world of nature , but in a successful attempt to draw it into the familiar ambit of social being . Conclusion Hunters and gatherers have secured their place ...
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There are too many ways in which we can attempt to slide out of the problems ( apart from the option of ignoring them entirely ) , by for example , reducing human abilities at each time plane to a single level ; or assuming certain ...
There are too many ways in which we can attempt to slide out of the problems ( apart from the option of ignoring them entirely ) , by for example , reducing human abilities at each time plane to a single level ; or assuming certain ...
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Robert Cresswell | 39 |
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