Chapter 1. Culture in Theoretical Perspective Chapter 2. Science and Technology in Theoretical Perspective Chapter 3. Science and Technology in Latin America Chapter 4. The Pre-Columbian Cultures Chapter 5. Aspects of Cultural Comparison Chapter 6. The Structural Crisis in Latin America Chapter 7. Indigenous Technology Chapter 8. Modernity and Rationalism Georges Bataille, "The Vanished America" A Conversation with Octavio Paz Bibliography

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Constantin von Barloewen is a professor of anthropology and Comparative Cultural Science. Since 2001, he has been the Academic Coordinator for the Dialogue between Cultures and Civilisations of the Schloss Neuhardenberg Foundation in Berlin and member of the Advisory Board of the Harvard Academy (Harvard University).

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"Preconiza la necesidad de tomar en cuenta las culturas tradicionales ante las necesidades de la modernizaci on, especialmente en el orden de lo cient ifico-tecnol ogico"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

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