Intimations of Infinity: The Cultural Meanings of the Iqwaye Counting and Number Systems - Paperback

by Jadran Mimica (Author)

From a description of the counting system of Iqwaye people of Papua New Guinea, the author develops a deeper and broader interpretation of the Iqwaye kinship system and cosmology, culminating in a powerful critique of western assumptions about the development of rational thought.

Author Biography

Jadran Mimica Lecturer in Anthropology, University College London