Cosmologies in the Making: A Generative Approach to Cultural Variation in Inner New Guinea.

Foreword Jack Goody Map 1. The problem 2. An attempt at systematic comparison: descent and ideas of conception 3. The possible interrelations of sub-traditions: reading sequence from distribution 4. The context for events of change 5. The results of process - variations in connotation 6. Secret thoughts and understandings 7. The stepwise articulation of a vision 8. Experience and concept formation 9. The insights pursued by Ok thinkers 10. General and comparative perspectives 11. Some reflections on theory and method Bibliography Index.