
Trail of an Intellectual Nomad
My Encounters with People and Wildlife in India and Malawi
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Trail of an Intellectual Nomad
My Encounters with People and Wildlife in India and Malawi
About this book
Leaving school at fifteen, Brian Morris has had a and varied career in Malawi, beforebecoming a university teacher. Now Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths College, University of London, he is the author of numerous articles and books on anthropology, religion and symbolism, hunter gatherer societies, concepts of the individual and radical politics. His most recent books are Homage to Peasant Smallholders (Luviri Press 2022) and Anthropology and Dialectical Naturalism (Black Rose 2022).After writing much about Anthropology, Brian Morris finally shares about his life. While in his youth the academic future seemed very dim, an all consuming interest in nature was already there. The author does not only share the formative experiences in Malawi and India, but he also shares his intellectual development to become a Dialectical Anthropologist. His travel and research experiences are fascinating, and it is amazing how much fits into one life.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Title page
- Contents
- Table of Figures
- Foreword
- 1 My Early Life
- 2 Travels in South Central Africa
- 3 Wildlife Adventures at Zoa
- 4 Scouting Days and New Horizons
- 5 Botanical Studies in the Shire Highlands
- 6 Life as a Student Teacher
- 7 Becoming an Anthropologist
- 8 Anthropology at Goldsmiths College
- 9 My Sante Fe Journey
- 10 A Study of Herbalism
- 11 An Eventful Decade
- 12 My Indian Journey: Studies of Tribal Life
- 13 My Indian Journey: Studies in Medical Anthropology
- 14 Anthropology, Anarchism and Andalucia
- 15 Adventures in Peru
- 16 People and Wildlife in the Shire Valley, Malawi
- 17 People and Wildlife in Northern Malawi
- 18 People and Wildlife in the Shire Highlands
- 19 A Decade of Publishing
- 20 Becoming a Professor
- 21 Insects and Human Life
- 22 The New Millennium
- 23 Further Travels and Adventures
- 24 Land and People of the Shire Highlands
- 25 Intellectual Nomad
- References
- Index of Places and Names
- Back cover