Who Is Afraid of the Ontological Wolf?

Some Comments on an Ongoing Anthropological Debate

in The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology
Author:
Eduardo Viveiros de CastroNational Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro eviveirosdecastro@gmail.com

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3167/ca.2015.330102
Keywords:
alterity; Anthropocene; anti-epistemological; counter-cultural; ontological turn
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This article, which was delivered as the 2014 Annual Marilyn Strathern Lecture, outlines both some of the stimuli that led to the 'ontological turn' in anthropology and some of its implications. Ontology is outlined here by the author as an anti-epistemological and counter-cultural, philosophical war machine.

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The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology

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Article Category:
Research Article
Page Count:
16
Keywords:
alterity; Anthropocene; anti-epistemological; counter-cultural; ontological turn
Print Publication Date:
01 Mar 2015
Online Publication Date:
01 Mar 2015
Copyright:
© Cambridge Anthropology 2015

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