San Spirituality - Roots, Expression, and Social Consequences

Informationen zum Autor By David J. Lewis-Williams and D. G. Pearce Klappentext At the intersection between western culture and Africa, we find the San people of the Kalahari desert. Once called Bushmen, the San have survived many characterizations-from pre-human animals by the early European colonials, to aboriginal conservationists in perfect harmony with nature by recent New Age adherents. Neither caricature does justice to the complex world view of the San. Eminent anthropologists David Lewis-Williams and David Pearce present a instead balanced view of the spiritual life of this much-studied people, examining the interplay of their cosmology, myth, ritual, and art. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 List of Figures 2 Foreword 3 Acknowledgments 5 A note on the Orthography 6 A note on San Ethnography 7 1. Mind, Stone, Spirit 8 2. Roots in the Brain: A Neurological Interlude 9 3. Cosmology, Graves and Transitions 10 4. Kalahari Life: A Photographic Background 11 5. Metaphors of Transition 12 6. Punctuated Normality 13 7. Controlling Rain 14 8. Reticulated Transformations 15 9. Spirituality in Society 16 10. Götterdämmerung 17 11. San Spirituality Today 18 Notes 19 References 20 Index 21 About the Authors

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• Autori: David J Lewis-Williams, David J. Lewis-Williams, J. David Lewis-Williams, J. David/ Pearce Lewis-Williams, D G Pearce, D. G. Pearce
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.07.2004
• EAN: 9780759104310
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-0431-0
• Pagine: 267
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: African Archaeology; African Archaeology Series
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altro