Cubeo Hehénewa Religious Thought : Metaphysics of a Northwestern Amazonian People / Irving Goldman; Peter Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldman, Irving, author.

Contributor:

Hugh-Jones, Stephen.

Wilson, Peter, editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 1 map

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2004]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The societies of the Vaupés region are now among the most documented indigenous cultures of the New World, in part because they are thought to resemble earlier civilizations lost during initial colonial conflict. Here at last is the eagerly awaited publication of a posthumous work by the man widely regarded as the preeminent authority on Vaupés Amazonian societies. Cubeo Hehénewa Religious Thought will be the definitive account of the religious worldview of a significant Amazonian culture. Cubeo religious thought incorporates ideas about the nature of the cosmos, society, and human life; the individual's orientation to the world; the use of hallucinogenic substances; and a New World metaphysics. This volume was substantially completed before Irving Goldman's death, but Peter Wilson has edited it for publication, providing a thorough introduction to Goldman's work. Stephen Hugh-Jones has contributed an afterword, setting the work in the context of contemporary Vaupés ethnography.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Editor's Acknowledgments

Editor's Preface

Editor's Introduction / Wilson, Peter J.

1. INTRODUCTION

2. CREATION AND EMERGENCE

3. THE SOCIAL ORDER

4. DAILY LIFE AT GROUND LEVEL

5. THE COSMIC ORDER

6. THE RITUAL ORDER

7. DEATH AND MOURNING

8. SHAMANS, JAGUARS, AND THUNDERERS

9. CONCEPTS OF POWER

10. GENDER

Afterword by Stephen Hugh-Jones

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9786613792525

9781281897510

1281897515

9780231503617

023150361X

OCLC:

979831565