To lead life is to lay down a line. 117
An aberdonian anthropologist, emeritus professor of the city's University where he created a team of social anthropologists, skilfully manoeuvers among lines in a three-part table of contents:
| I KNOTTING |
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| II WEATHERING | 11. Whirlwind 12. Footprints along the path 13. Wind-walking 14. World-weathering 15. Atmosphere 16. Ballooning in smooth space 17. Coiling over 18. Under the sky 19. Seeing & sunbeams 20. Line & colour 21. Line & sound |
| III HUMANING | 22. To human is a verb 23. Anthropogenesis 24. Doing, undergoing 25. The maze & the labyrinth 26. Education & attention 27. Submission leads, mastery follows 28. A life 29. In-between 30. The correspondence of lines |
As an anticipated sequel, a second book follows on this one: its title ? Correspondences. It should reach my letterbox mid-May. I should have finished reading the present one by then !
The book is a fascinated/fascinating read, a real tour-de-force.