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Centring the Periphery: Chaos, Order, and the Ethnohistory of Dominica

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The concept of “centring” is used to mean “ordering the world,” and Baker links this to ideas in chaos theory, which views order and disorder as mutually generative phenomena moderately than static antinomies. Thus strategies to keep watch over disorder and create and handle order may all at once precipitate change. Baker’s application of these theories to an island nation that has received little detailed attention previously makes this a highly original work, as does his holistic, post-up to date point of view. Along with presenting a sensitive historical analysis, he confronts the catch 22 situation of meaning in peripheral situations and the experience of dependency on this planet system. Centring the Periphery is germane to understanding the majority of the world’s people and makes a significant contribution to the study of society in developing nations.
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