Language, anthropology and cognitive science -- What goes without saying: the conceptualization of Zafimaniry society -- Cognition and ethnography -- Domain-specificity, living kinds and symbolism -- Internal and external memory: different ways of being in history -- The resurrection of the house amongst the Zafimaniry of Madagascar -- Time, narratives and the multiplicity of representations of the past -- Autobiographical memory and the historical memory of the more distant past -- Astrology and writing in Madagascar -- Literacy and enlightenment -- The uses of schooling and literacy in a Zafimaniry village -- Why do Malagasy cows speak French?
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In this text, one of anthropology's most original theorists considers fundamental questions such as: Is cognition language-based? and How reliable a guide to memory are people's narratives about themselves?