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Current anthropology uses expressions such as 'society as a whole', 'socio-cosmic relations', 'spatiotemporal extension', 'global ideology', and 'cosmomorphy' to establish that the clear-cut Western dichotomy between society and cosmos is not always to be found in the communities it studies.
In fact, many elements that the West would at first undoubtedly classify as belonging either to the cosmos or to the society appear very often in Melanesia as belonging to neither one of these domains, but to a realm which combines the attributes of both. Focusing on different examples drawn from diverse Melanesian societies, this thought-provoking volume by eminent specialists re-examines the relation between society and cosmos and, in the process, opens new directions for research.
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Ethnology, Oceanie, Cosmologie des iles du Pacifique, Antropologische aspecten, Religious life and customs, Ethnologie, Politics and government, Gesellschaft, Moeurs et coutumes, Cosmologie, Rites and ceremonies, Naturreligion, Politique et gouvernement, Kosmologie, Vie religieuse, Cosmologie oceanienne, Rites et ceremonies, Pacific Island Cosmology, 73.00 ethnology: general, Ethnology, oceania, Cosmology, Oceania, politics and government, Oceania, religion, Oceania, social life and customs, Australia & oceania - politics & government, Religious rituals & practices - general & miscellaneous, Australian & oceanic studies - oceania - general & miscellaneous, General & miscellanous oceanian historyShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Current anthropology uses expressions such as 'society as a whole', 'socio-cosmic relations', 'spatiotemporal extension', 'global ideology', and 'cosmomorphy' to establish that the clear-cut Western dichotomy between society and cosmos is not always to be found in the communities it studies. In fact, many elements that the West would at first undoubtedly classify as belonging either to the cosmos or to the society appear very often in Melanesia as belonging to neither one of these domains, but to a realm which combines the attributes of both. Focusing on different examples drawn from diverse Melanesian societies, this thought-provoking volume by eminent specialists re-examines the relation between society and cosmos and, in the process, opens new directions for research.
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