Beyond Primitivism: Indigenous Religious Traditions and ModernityJacob K. Olupona Routledge, 2004 M02 24 - 364 páginas What role do indigenous religions play in today's world? Beyond Primitivism is a complete appraisal of indigenous religions - faiths integrally connected to the cultures in which they originate, as distinct from global religions of conversion - as practised across America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific today. At a time when local traditions across the world are colliding with global culture, it explores the future of indigenous faiths as they encounter modernity and globalization. Beyond Primitivism argues that indigenous religions are not irrelevant in modern society, but are dynamic, progressive forces of continuing vitality and influence. Including essays on Haitian vodou, Korean shamanism and the Sri Lankan 'Wild Man', the contributors reveal the relevance of native religions to millions of believers worldwide, challenging the perception that indigenous faiths are vanishing from the face of the globe. |
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... nature" in the history of primitivism 42 2.2 Great cultural discoveries of the nineteenth century 50 Tables 1.1 Wright's analysis of scapegoat rituals 29 10.1 Structural contrasts in a Chimalteco creation account 153 Contributors Michio ...
... Natural History, and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, where she received her Ph.D. with distinction in anthropology in 1979. She is the author of Shamans, Housewives, and Other Restless Spirits (University of Hawaii Press, 1987) ...
... nature of tradition itself. How static is tradition in the face of the challenges of modernity? The very notions of time, progress, and the relative value of technology and culture are all legitimate themes for analysis. From a ...
... nature of modern institutions (such as urbanization increased by population growth), and such themes as security versus danger and trust versus risk. Giddens asserts that modernity changes our fundamental notions of trust. The core ...
... nature of colonialism and the inability of indigenous cultures to sustain themselves. Jocks suggests that these tendencies are a normal side effect of modernity. Modernity is designed to maximize efficiency by encouraging homogenization ...
Contenido
Do Jews make good Protestants? The crosscultural study of ritual | 23 |
Can we move beyond primitivism? On recovering the indigenes | 37 |
Friedrich Max Miiller indigenous | 71 |
some reflections from | 89 |
Tribal religious traditions are constantly devalued in Western | 111 |
concealed narratives | 128 |
religious and other | 149 |
New Yorks Haitian | 164 |
unmasking the neoarchaic | 200 |
Popular religions and modernity in Japan | 214 |
a view from | 245 |
representations of the wild man in Sri Lanka | 272 |
Melanesians and the cargo | 297 |
Thinking and teaching with the indigenous traditions of Melanesia | 314 |
Index | 343 |
Understanding sacrifice and sanctity in Benin indigenous | 181 |
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