Good life and property: the problem of differentiation among the Xikrin-Mebengokre (Kayapo)

The article reflects on property and wellbeing among the Xikrin-mebengokre (Kayapo) Indians. It argues that these notions must be articulated with a wider problem in Indigenous philosophy and existence: differentiation. It proposes that one of the definitions of well-being in the Mebengokre social w...

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Published in:Mana (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Brazil), 2014-04, Vol.20 (1), p.95-124
Main Author: GORDON, Cesar
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