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The Firm and the Formless

Religion and Identity in Aboriginal Australia de

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press


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Religion and Identity

Paru le : 1982-12-01

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Description
This volume is woven around the idea that wholeness (the firm) and fragmentation (risking formlessness) alternate in human affairs. This theme is applied to the history and the present condition of Australian Aboriginals. Their religion is seen as a way to bolster a precarious identity and to affirm order in an existence which would otherwise become formless. It deals with totemism as a form of ordering a variety of often conflicting identities. The author describes the modern predicament of Aborigines in Australian society and concludes that their revitalization will occur only when they manage to make economic self-sufficiency subordinate to a viable and firm view of existence. He critically integrates into his analyses and interpretations the positions of such well-known scholars as Frazer, Durkheim, Freud, Lévi-Strauss, Radcliffe-Brown, Eliade, and Stanner. The volume will be of interest to students of sociology, anthropology, and religion.
Pages
112 pages
Collection
Religion and Identity
Parution
1982-12-01
Marque
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
EAN papier
9781554585564
EAN PDF
9780889206786
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6257 Ko
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