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Informationen zum Autor Paul C. Mocombe is former Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Sociology at Bethune Cookman University and Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Sociology at West Virginia State University and the President/CEO of The Mocombeian Foundation, Inc. A social theorist interested in the application of social theory to contemporary issues such as race, class, and capitalism (globalization), he is the author of, Race and Class Distinctions Within Black Communities, Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy in Postindustrial Societies, A labor Approach to the Development of the Self or Modern Personality: The Case of Public Education, Education in Globalization, Mocombe's Reading Room Series, and The Mocombeian Strategy: The Reason for, and Answer to Black Failure in Capitalist Education. Klappentext Using a variant of structuration theory, what Paul C. Mocombe calls phenomenological structuralism, this work explores and highlights how the African religion of Vodou and its ethic gave rise to the Haitian spirit of communism and the "counter-plantation system" (Jean Casimir's term) in the provinces and mountains of Haiti. Zusammenfassung Using a variant of structuration theory, what Paul C. Mocombe calls phenomenological structuralism, this work explores and highlights how the African religion of Vodou and its ethic gave rise to the Haitian spirit of communism and the “counter-plantation system” (Jean Casimir’s term) in the provinces and mountains of Haiti. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter I Theorizing about the Constitution of Black Practical Consciousnesses in Haiti Chapter II Phenomenological StructuralismChapter III A Phenomenological Structural Constitution of Modern Society: "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism"Chapter IV A Phenomenological Structural Constitution of Haitian Society: "TheVodou Ethic and the Spirit of Communism"Chapter V. Conclusions: The Historical Constitution of Haitian Culture or Practical Consciousnesses in an Emerging Protestant Capitalist World-SystemReferences Cited...
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Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter I Theorizing about the Constitution of Black Practical Consciousnesses in Haiti
Chapter II Phenomenological Structuralism
Chapter III A Phenomenological Structural Constitution of Modern Society: "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism"
Chapter IV A Phenomenological Structural Constitution of Haitian Society: "The
Vodou Ethic and the Spirit of Communism"
Chapter V. Conclusions: The Historical Constitution of Haitian Culture or Practical Consciousnesses in an Emerging Protestant Capitalist World-System
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