Bøker av Roy Wagner

In this long-awaited sequel to The Invention of Culture, Roy Wagner tackles the logic and motives that underlie cultural invention. Could there be a single, logical factor that makes the invention of the distinction between self and other possible, much as specific human genes allow for language? Wagner explores what he calls "the reciprocity of perspectives" through a journey between Euro-American bodies of knowledge and his in-depth knowledge of Melanesian modes of thought. This logic grounds variants of the subject/object transformation, as Wagner works through examples such as the figure-ground reversal in Gestalt psychology, Lacan's theory of the mirror-stage formation of the Ego, and even the self-recursive structure of the aphorism and the joke. Juxtaposing Wittgenstein's and Leibniz's philosophy with Melanesian social logic, Wagner explores the cosmological dimensions of the ways in which different societies develop models of self and the subject/object distinction. The result is a philosophical tour de force by one of anthropology's greatest mavericks.

Coyote Anthropology shatters anthropologyOCOs vaunted theories of practice and offers a radical and comprehensive alternative for the new century. Building on his seminal contributions to symbolic analysis, Roy Wagner repositions anthropology at the heart of the creation of meaningOCoin terms of what anthropology perceives, how it goes about representing its subjects, and how it understands and legitimizes itself. Of particular concern is that meaning is comprehended and created through a complex and continually unfolding process predicated on what is not thereOCothe unspoken, the unheard, the unknownOCoas much as on what is there. Such powerful absences, described by Wagner as OC anti-twins, OCO are crucial for the invention of cultures and any discipline that proposes to study them.As revealed through conversations between Wagner and Coyote, Wagner's anti-twin, a coyote anthropology should be as much concerned with absence as with presence if it is to depict accurately the dynamic and creative worlds of others. Furthermore, Wagner suggests that anthropologists not only be aware of what informs and conditions their discipline but also understand the range of necessary exclusions that permit anthropology to do what it does. Sly and enticing, probing and startling, Coyote Anthropology beckons anthropologists to draw closer to the center of all things, known and unknown

The CHOICE is the second most important book you will ever read. The CHOICE chronicles a trial that took place that pertains to every person ever born. The best part is that you have a seat on the jury. You get to examine all the evidence produced in this trial and then you get to render a verdict that will have eternal consequences.So, get comfortable, grab a cup of coffee or tea, and block out some time for yourself to start reading a story you’ll not be able to put down until you read the last page. The CHOICE is more than a book; it contains the secrets to living your life. This book will help you make the most important decision of your life, one that will change your life forever. Remember…the choice is yours! Roy Wagner has been married to Janet for 33 years and has two wonderful children, Ryan and Lauren. They live in Rhode Island. 

In studying the human subject and the way the human culture mirrors itself, the author redefines holography as "the exact equivalence, or comprehensive identity, of part and whole in any human contingency".