Wax and Gold Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture - Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture

Informationen zum Autor Donald N. Levine is the Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, where he served as dean of the College from 1982 to 1987. He is the author of several books, including Greater Ethiopia: The Evolution of a Multiethnic Society and Powers of the Mind: The Reinvention of Liberal Learning in America , both published by the University of Chicago Press . Klappentext In Abyssinian poetry, the "wax" is the obvious meaning, the "gold" is the hidden meaning. In Wax and Gold , Donald N. Levine explores mid-to-late-twentieth-century Ethiopian society on the same two levels, using modern sociology and psychology to seek answers to the following questions: What is the nature of the traditional culture of the dominant ethnic group, the Amhara, and what are its enduring values? What aspects of modern culture interest this society and by what means has it sought to institutionalize them? How has tradition both facilitated and hampered Ethiopian efforts to modernize? Enriched by the use of Ethiopian literature and by Levine's deep knowledge of and affection for the society of which he writes, Wax and Gold is both a scholarly and a personal work. Zusammenfassung Intends to seek answers to the following questions: What is the nature of the traditional culture of the dominant ethnic group! the Amhara! and what are its enduring values? What aspects of modern culture interest this society and by what means has it sought to institutionalize them?

Product details

• Authors: Donald N Levine, Donald N. Levine, Levine Donald N.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2014
• EAN: 9780226215440
• ISBN: 978-0-226-21544-0
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Ethnic Studies, 20th Century, Anthropology, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, HISTORY / Africa / East, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, African History, Ethiopia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies