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Today's New Zealand is an emerging paradigm for successful cultural relations. Although the nation's Maori (indigenous Polynesian) and Pakeha (colonial European) populations of the 19th century were dramatically different and often at odds, they are today co-contributors to a vibrant society. For more than a century they have been working out the kind of nation that engenders respect and well-being; and their interaction, though often riddled with confrontation, is finally bearing bicultural fruit. By their model, the encounter of diverse cultures does not require the surrender of one to the other; rather, it entails each expanding its own cultural categories in the light of the other.
The time is ripe to explore modern New Zealand's cultural dynamics for what we can learn about getting along. The present anthropological work focuses on religion and related symbols, forms of reciprocity, the operation of power and the concept of culture in modern New Zealand society.
List of contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
A Brief Guide to Pronouncing M¿ori Words
Preface
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deleteMining the resources delete
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Introduction
deleteA synergistic synthesis of cultures delete
deleteHiwi Tauroa's musing delete
deleteThe emerging paradigm delete
Chapter One. Aotearoa/New Zealand
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deleteSome notes on the name delete
deleteA peek at the population delete
deleteA review of the religion delete
deleteA glimpse at the government delete
deleteA look at the languages delete
deleteA handle on the history delete
Chapter Two. Understanding Symbols
deleteA world of symbols delete
deleteThe birth of a symbol delete
deleteThe whare tipuna as a symbol delete
deleteThe whare karakia as a symbol delete
deleteWhare meets whare delete
Chapter Three. Reciprocity
deleteWestern reciprocity delete
deleteThe economic bias delete
deleteM¿ori utu delete
deleteUtu and the West delete
deleteThe complexity of P¿keh¿ reciprocity delete
deleteA social uncertainty principle delete
deleteThe reinterpretation of culture delete
Chapter Four. Power
deleteThe elements of specific power delete
deleteThe terms of general power delete
deletePower-dependence and the process of secularization delete
deleteThe spiritualized M¿ori delete
deleteThe secularized P¿keh¿ delete
deleteSynergistic potential delete
Chapter Five. Culture and Religion
deleteThe way we are delete
deleteCulture delete
deleteReligion delete
deleteThe complementarity of culture and religion delete
deleteM¿ori culture and religion delete
deleteP¿keh¿ culture and religion delete
deleteReligio-cultural synergy delete
Chapter Six. Some Principles of Cultural Interchange
deleteA time to reflect delete
deleteThe dynamic encounter of meaning systems delete
deleteCultural complexity and abstractness delete
deleteThe beginning of cultural dialogue delete
deleteThe terms of cultural reconceptualization delete
deleteThe nature of cultural reconceptualization delete
deleteReification and cultural authenticity delete
Chapter Seven. Io
deleteHere an Io, there an Io delete
deleteThe telltale twitch delete
deleteThe Polynesian Society and the search for "the historical Io" delete
deleteA matter of interpretation delete
deleteThe higher critical school and "the Io of faith" delete
delete"The Io of culture" delete
deleteIs Io really God? delete
Chapter Eight. The Up Over of the Down Under
deleteCultural authenticity: A necessary reprise delete
deleteThe cognitive function and the address to education delete
deleteThe moral function and the address to injustice delete
deleteThe aesthetic function and the address to endurance delete
deleteThe religious dimension delete
Postscript
Appendix A: Maps for Aotearoa/New Zealand's World Location
Appendix B: A Present-Day Marae
Appendix C: New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
William Edward Moneyhun is a researcher in symbolic and interpretive anthropology. He lives in Kennett, Missouri.
Summary
Today's New Zealand is an emerging paradigm for successful cultural relations. This anthropological inquiry focuses on religion and related symbols, forms of reciprocity, the operation of power and the concept of culture as they have developed in modern New Zealand society.
