The Hurons: Ethnogenesis and Identity through the Centuries - Couverture souple

Sprotte, Josef J.

 
9781503096783: The Hurons: Ethnogenesis and Identity through the Centuries
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1503096785 ISBN 13 : 9781503096783
Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

This book deals with the history of the Hurons in general and especially the change of identity, selfesteem and social organisation throughout the centuries. It consists of two main parts, the first part is an explanation of the various and different theories concerning the upcoming of ethnic identitiy. Is personal identity part of an ethnic identity, is the organsational form of groups always based on ethnicity?, Attempts we made in sociological, psychological, essentiallistic, sociobiologicalic and situationalistic - among others - ways to understand and explain the nature of ethnical formation. In the second part the author, former lecturer of ethnology at the Free University of Berlin and scientific editor, examines the history and organisation of the Hurons and their descendants, considers the ways of different developments during forced migrations. Were the Hurons and their offspring ethnic groups or had they other ways of organising their world anew during their dislocations?.The author comes to surprising insights and evaluations of the dynamic changes in the profane and sacred world of the Hurons up to the present Century.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book deals with the history of the Hurons in general and especially the change of identity, selfesteem and social organisation throughout the centuries. It consists of two main parts, the first part is an explanation of the various and different theories concerning the upcoming of ethnic identitiy. Is personal identity part of an ethnic identity, is the organsational form of groups always based on ethnicity?, Attempts we made in sociological, psychological, essentiallistic, sociobiologicalic and situationalistic - among others - ways to understand and explain the nature of ethnical formation. In the second part the author, former lecturer of ethnology at the Free University of Berlin and scientific editor, examines the history and organisation of the Hurons and their descendants, considers the ways of different developments during forced migrations. Were the Hurons and their offspring ethnic groups or had they other ways of organising their world anew during their dislocations?.The author comes to surprising insights and evaluations of the dynamic changes in the profane and sacred world of the Hurons up to the present Century.

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Éditeur
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1503096785
ISBN 13 
9781503096783
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
290
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