Philippe Descola

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Philippe Descola is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Philippe Descola has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Cultural Studies and 7 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Philippe Descola's work include French Urban and Social Studies (30 papers), African Studies and Ethnography (8 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (7 papers). Philippe Descola is often cited by papers focused on French Urban and Social Studies (30 papers), African Studies and Ethnography (8 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (7 papers). Philippe Descola collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Philippe Descola's co-authors include Peter Rivière, Nora Scott, Gı́sli Pálsson, Dee Williams, Darrell A. Posey, Eva Moldenhauer, Geoffroy de Saulieu, Betty J. Meggers, Jaime Jiménez and Jean‐Luc Le Pennec and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Applied Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Philippe Descola

100 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

In the Society of Nature: A Native Ecology in Amazonia. 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 50 100 150 200

Peers

Philippe Descola
Roy Ellen United Kingdom
Nick Barter Australia
Christopher Tilley United Kingdom
Thomas N. Headland United States
Stefan Helmreich United States
Robert L. Carneiro United States
Roy A. Rappàport United States
Roy Ellen United Kingdom
Philippe Descola
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All Works

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Rostain, Stéphen, Geoffroy de Saulieu, Heiko Prümers, et al.. (2024). Two thousand years of garden urbanism in the Upper Amazon. Science. 383(6679). 183–189. 21 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe. (2021). Cosmopolitics as Ontological Pluralism. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe).
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Descola, Philippe. (2015). ALÉM DE NATUREZA E CULTURA. 3(1). 7–7. 1 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe, et al.. (2014). La composition des mondes : entretiens avec Pierre Charbonnier. Flammarion eBooks. 19 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe. (2013). Apologie des sciences sociales. 1 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe, et al.. (2011). Leben und Sterben in Amazonien : bei den Jívaro-Indianern. Suhrkamp eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe, et al.. (2011). Jenseits von Natur und Kultur. Suhrkamp eBooks. 33 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe. (2010). Cognition, Perception and Worlding. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe. (2010). Diversité des natures, diversité des cultures. 4 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe. (2009). La fin de l'exception humaine. 92–96. 1 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe, et al.. (2009). Les conceptions du corps et de la personne dans un contexte amérindien : je ne suis pas seul (ement) dans mon corps : indiens toba du Gran Chaco sud-américain. Harmattan eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe. (2008). Who owns nature. 7 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe. (2008). À qui appartient la nature. 5 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe. (2007). Carlo Severi, Il percorso e la voce. Un’ antropologia della memoria. Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales. 1(1). 184–186. 2 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe. (2006). Soyez réalistes, demandez l'impossible. L Homme. 429–434. 2 indexed citations
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Godelier, Maurice, Philippe Descola, Jacques Hamel, & Pierre Lemonnier. (1999). La production du social : autour de Maurice Godelier. Fayard eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe. (1997). Las cosmologías de los indios de la Amazonia. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 219–227. 4 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe. (1993). Les lances du crépuscule : relations jivaros, Haute-Amazonie. Plon eBooks. 19 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe. (1988). La selva culta. Institut français d’études andines eBooks. 51 indexed citations
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Descola, Philippe. (1988). Les idées de l'anthropologie. Armand Colin eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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