Essays on Ingold

Introduction

Nowadays, the struggle against the use, dissemination, and production of drugs is quite severe. Despite the fact that so-called War on Drugs has been launched in 1971, it seems like there was no serious developments in this direction. Since the development of this campaign, loads of taxpayers’ funds were invested to this fight, a lot of people were detained, and tons of substances confiscated. The War led to the militarization of the police and involvement of the military into the raids on multiple occasions. One of the main issues here is the focus of the authorities on a specific ...

Chapter 6 Reading Response

Chapter 6 Reading Response According to the norms of the Western world, people recognize themselves as “human beings”. The other inhabitants of the earth are called “living things”. Though both animals and humans are organisms, people are considered to be persons, thus, more than just organisms. This is one of the paradoxes of the modern science. In this chapter Ingold argues that the anthropocentric view on the world is not the only possible. He writes about Ojibwa and their perception of the environment in order to restore “restoring human beings to the organic lifeworld in a way that does ...

Chapter 7 Reading Response

Chapter 7 Reading Response Art is an important part of the human life. It is often believed that the art has developed from the cave images of animal. Also, it is said that people painted or carved animals because they were amazed by their appearance. The Ingold argues that the conventional views on this issue are false. This chapter was written in order to show the origins of animal depictions based on the difference between animism and totemism. The chapter is important because it reveals the truth about the art. In this chapter the author provided an insight into ...