Andean Cosmologies Through Time: Persistence and Emergence – Hardcover-Fast Shipping

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by
Robert V. H. Dover (Editor),
Katharine E. Seibold (Editor),
John Holmes McDowell (Editor)

Concerned with Andean cosmology both as the manifestation of a system of belief and as a way of thinking or worldview that orders the social environment, this volume advances an explanation of why Andean indigenous communities are still recognizably Andean after a half-millennium of forced exposure to Western systems of thought and belief. Dealing with cultural authenticity in an Andean context, the essays describe a process facilitated by a cosmology which readily integrates the accoutrements of non-Andean community. At issue is not so much what is authentic but, rather, how it is perceived to be authentic and how it is so maintained. The nine authors explore a model in which a consistent and persistent cosmological discourse leads, not to an emergent social order, but to a social order which continually emerges as a peculiarly Andean phenomenon.

Number of Pages: 288Dimensions: 1.04 x 9.33 x 6.37 INIllustrated: YesPublication Date: November 21, 2001