Cosmologies in the Making - A Generative Approach to Cultural Variation in Inner New Guinea

Zusammenfassung In this book! Fredrik Barth examines the changes that have taken place in the secret cosmological lore transmitted in male initiation ceremonies among the Mountain Ok of Inner New Guinea! and offers a new way of explaining how cultural change occurs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Jack Goody; Map; 1. The problem; 2. An attempt at systematic comparison: descent and ideas of conception; 3. The possible interrelations of sub-traditions: reading sequence from distribution; 4. The context for events of change; 5. The results of process - variations in connotation; 6. Secret thoughts and understandings; 7. The stepwise articulation of a vision; 8. Experience and concept formation; 9. The insights pursued by Ok thinkers; 10. General and comparative perspectives; 11. Some reflections on theory and method; Bibliography; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Fredrik Barth, Fredrik (Universitetet I Oslo) Barth
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 26.01.1990
• EAN: 9780521387354
• ISBN: 978-0-521-38735-4
• Seiten: 112
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Social an
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein