Descola, Philippe

LC control no.	n 87911622
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Personal name heading	Descola, Philippe *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated place	Saint-Cloud (France) Cambridge (England) Ecuadorian Amazon
Birth date	1949-06-16
Place of birth	Paris (France)
Field of activity	Achuar Indians Philosophy
Affiliation	Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale (France) École des hautes études en sciences sociales Universidad Central del Ecuador École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud École pratique des hautes études (France). Section des sciences économiques et sociales King's College (University of Cambridge) Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme (Paris, France) Collège de France, Chaire d'anthropologie de la nature Université de Paris X: Nanterre
Profession or occupation	Ethnologist Professor Researcher
Found in	His La nature domestique, 1986: t.p. (Philippe Descola) p. 4 of cover (member Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale; teaches at Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales) His Les lances du crépuscule, c1993: t.p. (Philippe Descola) jkt. (born 1949 in Paris) Collège de France website, October 1, 2020: (Philippe Descola; born 1949 in Paris; first studied philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure de Saint-Cloud before moving on to ethnology at the University of Paris X and the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE) (6th section); appointed project director by the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research), he undertook an ethnographic study from 1976 to 1979 with the Jivaros Achuar indigenous people in Ecuadorian Amazon with a special focus on the environment, and his research became the topic of a doctoral thesis in ethnology (1983); after teaching at the Universidad de Quito, he became a visiting scholar at King's College in Cambridge as well as research associate with the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme; he then joined the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) as lecturer in 1984, and later director of studies in 1989 and during his weekly seminars and over a period of many years, he developed a novel approach to comparative anthropology based on the relations between humans and non-humans; professor who was the chaire d'Anthropologie de la nature at the Collège de France (2000-2019) and also began directing the Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale (Laboratory of Social Anthropology) (UMR 7130), a joint project between the Collège de France, the EHESS, and the CNRS, while still continuing as director of studies at the EHESS; has chaired the Société des Américanistes since 2002 and the scientific committee of the Fondation Fyssen from 2001 to 2009, as well as holding memberships in many other scientific committees; his first book, La Nature domestique (Éditions de la MSH; 1986) describes and analyzes the ecology of the Achuar indigenous people; author of several works including Les lances du crépuscule; message@college-de-france.fr) <https://www.college-de-france.fr/site/en-philippe-descola/index.htm> <https://www.college-de-france.fr/site/en-pratique/index.htm> International Cosmos Prize website, October 1, 2020: posted 2014 (Dr. Philippe Descola; born on June 16, 1949; professor affiliated with the Collège de France; bachelor's in ethnology, Paris X (1972); master's in philosophy, Paris X (1972); Ph.D. in social anthropology, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (1983); affiliated with the Maison des sciences de l'homme (1983)) <https://www.expo-cosmos.or.jp/english/cosmos/jyusyou/2014.html>
Associated language	fre