LIGHT ON THE INDIAN WORLD. The Essential Writing Of Charles Eastman.

Fitzgerlad, Michel O. (Edited by).

ISBN 10: 0941532305 / ISBN 13: 9780941532303

Edité par World Wisdom:, 2002

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218 pages, illustrated. "Charles Eastman (1858 - 1939) shifted between two antagonistic cultures, and learned to thrive in both. Eastman was a very real Santee Sioux and one of the most highly educated and influential Indians of his time. This book includes selections from all of Eastman's books focusing on the most important themes in his writings. They present the most complete explaination of the philosophy and moral code of the Plains Indians." FINE SOFTCOVER Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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• Titre: LIGHT ON THE INDIAN WORLD. The Essential Writing Of Charles Eastman.
• Éditeur: World Wisdom:
• Date de parution: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0941532305
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780941532303
• Reliure: Soft Cover
• État de l'article: Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • AMERICAN HISTORY.

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Synopsis

This book combines for the first time the most important writings of Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman), the first Native American author to live simultaneously in both the traditional world of the Santee Sioux and the modern civilization of the white man. Ohiyesa's works represent the most complete explanation of the philosophy and moral code of the Plains Indian. Providing much of the basis of our knowledge of their sacred world view in which 'we are all related', they sound a profoundly spiritual note which speaks directly to the ecological crisis and the de-humanization of man so often discussed in our time. On a deeper level, Ohiyesa's message speaks to every person who seeks a spiritual way in the midst of a society increasingly dominated by materialism and industrial technology. It was around the turn of the twentieth century that he wrote, "It is my personal belief, after thirty-five years' experience of it, that there is no such thing as 'Christian civilization.' I believe that Christianity and modern civilization are opposed and irreconcilable and that the spirit of Christianity and of our ancient religion is essentially the same."