Philippe Descola

5.5k citations
111 papers · 2.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 21
Topics
French Urban and Social Studies (30 papers)African Studies and Ethnography (8 papers)Agriculture and Rural Development Research (7 papers)
Journals
ScienceSHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaJournal 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.1995202620052015199550100150200

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Philippe Descola
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  • Sociology and Political Science 674
  • Anthropology 552
  • Geography, Planning and Development 438
  • Cultural Studies 285
  • General Health Professions 224
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#WorkIndexed citations
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Cosmopolitics as Ontological Pluralism
0
3 1
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La composition des mondes : entretiens avec Pierre Charbonnier
19
5
Apologie des sciences sociales
1
6
Leben und Sterben in Amazonien : bei den Jívaro-Indianern
2
7
Jenseits von Natur und Kultur
33
8
Cognition, Perception and Worlding
4
9
Diversité des natures, diversité des cultures
4
10
La fin de l'exception humaine
1
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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
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12
Who owns nature
7
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À qui appartient la nature
5
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Carlo Severi, Il percorso e la voce. Un’ antropologia della memoria
2
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Soyez réalistes, demandez l'impossible
2
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La production du social : autour de Maurice Godelier
3
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Las cosmologías de los indios de la Amazonia
4
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Les lances du crépuscule : relations jivaros, Haute-Amazonie
19
19 51
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Les idées de l'anthropologie
2

About Philippe Descola

Philippe Descola is a scholar working on Cultural Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Geography, Planning and Development, having authored 111 papers that have together received 2.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include French Urban and Social Studies (30 papers), African Studies and Ethnography (8 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geography, Planning and Development (438 citations), Archeology (68 citations) and Anthropology (552 citations). Philippe Descola has collaborated with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Applied Ecology.

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