Nature and Policy in Iceland, 1400-1800: An Anthropological Analysis of History and MentalityIn this ambitious study, Kirsten Hastrup offers an analysis of Icelandic Society from 1400 to 1800--a period of remarkable social disintegration and technological decline. Juxtaposing the economic, social, and political orders with concepts of humanity, fate, and nature, her study shows how the dissolution of the ancient order must be attributed to internal factors of culture and mentality, as well as to the external ones of natural catastrophe and commercial exploitation. The book ends with an invaluable analysis of the nature of causation in history. |
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Conceptual Framework | 15 |
Empirical Background | 25 |
Modes of Livelihood | 45 |
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