The new New Zealand : the Māori and Pākehā populations / William Edward Moneyhun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moneyhun, William Edward, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biculturalism.

New Zealand--Race relations.

New Zealand.

Race relations.

Biculturalism--New Zealand.

Physical Description:

viii, 243 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]

Summary:

"Today's New Zealand is an emerging paradigm for successful cultural relations. Although the nation's Māori (indigenous Polynesian) and Pākehā (colonial European) populations of the 19th century were dramatically different and often at odds, they are today co-contributors to a vibrant society. For more than a century they have been working out the kind of nation that engenders respect and well-being; and their interaction, though often riddled with confrontation, is finally bearing bicultural fruit. By their model, the encounter of diverse cultures does not require the surrender of one to the other; rather, it entails each expanding its own cultural categories in the light of the other. The time is ripe to explore this nation's cultural dynamics for what we can learn about getting along. This anthropological inquiry focuses on religion and related symbols, forms of reciprocity, the operation of power and the concept of culture as these themes have developed in modern New Zealand society."-Provided by publisher-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Aotearoa/New Zealand p. 13

Before you begin, consider... p. 13

Some notes on the name p. 13

A peek at the population p. 15

A review of the religion p. 18

A glimpse at the government p. 24

A look at the languages p. 27

A handle on the history p. 30

Chapter 2 Understanding Symbols p. 38

A world of symbols p. 38

The birth of a symbol p. 43

The whare tipuna as a symbol p. 48

The whare karakia as a symbol p. 55

Whare meets whare p. 60

Chapter 3 Reciprocity p. 67

Western reciprocity p. 67

The economic bias p. 72

Mäori utu p. 74

Utu and the West p. 77

The complexity of Pakeha reciprocity p. 78

A social uncertainty principle p. 80

The reinterpretation of culture p. 82

Chapter 4 Power p. 84

The elements of specific power p. 84

The terms of general power p. 85

Power-dependence and the process of secularization p. 89

The spiritualized Maori p. 90

The secularized Pakeha p. 96

Synergistic potential p. 99

Chapter 5 Culture and Religion p. 101

The way we are p. 101

Religion p. 106

The complementarity of culture and religion p. 111

Maori culture and religion p. 112

Pakeha culture and religion p. 118

Religio-cultural synergy p. 120

Chapter 6 Some Principles of Cultural Interchange p. 122

A time to reflect p. 122

The dynamic encounter of meaning systems p. 123

Cultural complexity and abstractness p. 125

The beginning of cultural dialogue p. 128

The terms of cultural reconceptualization p. 130

The nature of cultural reconceptualization p. 133

Reification and cultural authenticity p. 136

Chapter 7 Io p. 139

Here an Io, there an Io p. 139

The telltale twitch p. 141

The Polynesian Society and the search for "the historical Io" p. 143

A matter of interpretation p. 150

The higher critical school and "the Io of faith" p. 153

"The Io of culture" p. 156

Is Io really God? p. 160

Chapter 8 The Up Over of the Down Under p. 165

Cultural authenticity: A necessary reprise p. 165

The cognitive function and the address to education p. 170

The moral function and the address to injustice p. 175

The aesthetic function and the address to endurance p. 179

The religious dimension p. 184.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476677002

147667700X

OCLC:

1128887287