- EAN13
- 9780889206786
- Éditeur
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Date de publication
- 30/11/1982
- Collection
- Religion and Identity
- Langue
- anglais
- Langue d'origine
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
The Firm and the Formless
Religion and Identity in Aboriginal Australia
Hans Mol
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Religion and Identity
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Aide EAN13 : 9780889206786
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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.
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.
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