_ BEYOND __ NATURE «0 CULTUREPhilippe Descola holds the chair of anthropology and heads the Laboratoire Anthropologie Sociale at the Collége de France. He also teaches at the Ecole des hhautes études en sciences sociales. Among his previous books to appear in English are In the Society of Nature and The Spears of Twilight. Janet Lloyd has transiated more than seventy books from the French by authors such as Jean-Pierre Vernant, Marcel Detienne, and Philippe Descola. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 ‘The University of Chicago Press, Ltd, London © 2013 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved, Published 2013 Printed in the United States of America 222120 9 181716 151413123 4S 150-13: 978-0-226-14445-0 (cloth) Originally published as Philippe Descola, Par-dela nature et culture (Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2005). © Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2005, Cet ouvrage a béndlicié du soutien des Programmes d'aide & la publication de Minstitut Frangais This work, published as part of a program of aid for publicstion, received support from the French Institute ‘This work, published as part ofa program providing publication assistance, received financial support from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, and FACE (French American Cultural Exchange) Ouvrage publi¢ avec le soutien du Centre national du livre, ministere frangais charge de la culture ‘This work is published with support from the National Center of the Book, French Ministry of Culture. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Descola, Philippe, author. [Par-deta nature et culture. English] Reyond nature and culture / Philippe Descola; translated by Janet Lloyd. pagesem “Originally published as Philippe Descola, Par-dela nature et culture (Paris: Euditions Gallimard, 2005). © Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2005"—title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-226-14445-0 (cloth : alkaline paper) 1. Philosophy of nature. 2. Human ecology. 1. Lloyd, Janet (Translator), translator. 1, Title BD581.03813 2013 3042—dea3 2012036975 @ This paper meets the requirements of aNsi/N1so 239.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper).2 Contents Foreword xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xxi 1 Trompe-l’Oeil Nature Configurations of Continuity The Wild and the Domesticated Nomadic Spaces The Garden and the Forest The Field and the Rice Paddy Ager and Silva Herdsmen and Hunters The Roman Landscape, the Hercynian Forest, and Romantic Nature The Great Divide The Autonomy of the Landscape The Autonomy of Phusis The Autonomy of Creation The Autonomy of Nature The Autonomy of Culture The Autonomy of Dualism The Autonomy of Worlds 11 The Structures of Experience ‘The Schemas of Practice Structures and Relations Understanding the Familiar Schematisms Differentiation, Stabilization, Analogies 32 3 38 44 48 51 53 37 57 63 66 68 7 78 85 91 92 98 101 107