The Invention of Prophecy: Continuity and Meaning in Hopi Indian Religion - Couverture rigide

Geertz, Armin W.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0520081811 ISBN 13 : 9780520081819

Editeur : University of California Press, 1994

Synopsis

Armin Geertz corrects what he sees as basic American and European tendencies to misrepresent non-Western cultures. Carefully documenting the historical role of prophecy in Hopi Indian religion, Geertz shows how prophecies about the end of the world have been created by the Hopi Traditionalist Movement and used by non-Indian movements, cults, and interest groups. Many of the seeming peculiarities of Hopi religion and culture have been invented, he says, by tourists, novelists, journalists, and scholars, and the millennial Traditionalist Movement has subtly co-authored European and American stereotypes of Indians. Geertz's richly detailed examples and persuasive arguments will be welcomed by all those interested in Native American studies, comparative religions, anthropology, and sociology.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Armin W. Geertz is a professor in the Department of the Study of Religion at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and has written several other books on Hopi religion and art.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520081811
• ISBN 13: 9780520081819
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 530
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible