| Andean Cosmologies Through Time: Persistence and Emergence Contributor(s): Dover, Robert V. H. (Editor), Seibold, Katharine E. (Editor), McDowell, John Holmes (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0253318157 ISBN-13: 9780253318152 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $54.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1992 Annotation: Concerned with Andean cosmology both as the manifestation of a system of belief and as a way of thinking or worldview that orders the social environment, this volume advances an explanation of why Andean indigenous communities are still recognizably Andean after a half-millennium of forced exposure to Western systems of thought and belief. Dealing with cultural authenticity in an Andean context, the essays describe a process facilitated by a cosmology which readily integrates the accoutrements of non-Andean community. At issue is not so much what is authentic but, rather, how it is perceived to be authentic and how it is so maintained. The nine authors explore a model in which a consistent and persistent cosmological discourse leads, not to an emergent social order, but to a social order which continually emerges as a peculiarly Andean phenomenon. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Ethnic & Tribal - Science | Cosmology - History | Latin America - South America |
| Dewey: 113.089 |
| LCCN: 91022250 |
| Series: Caribbean and Latin American Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.37" W x 9.33" (1.31 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Concerned with Andean cosmology both as the manifestation of a system of belief and as a way of thinking or worldview that orders the social environment, this volume advances an explanation of why Andean indigenous communities are still recognizably Andean after a half-millennium of forced exposure to Western systems of thought and belief. Dealing with cultural authenticity in an Andean context, the essays describe a process facilitated by a cosmology which readily integrates the accoutrements of non-Andean community. At issue is not so much what is authentic but, rather, how it is perceived to be authentic and how it is so maintained. The nine authors explore a model in which a consistent and persistent cosmological discourse leads, not to an emergent social order, but to a social order which continually emerges as a peculiarly Andean phenomenon. |