Western Primitivism

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Western Primitivism

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Author : Aidan Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date : 1997

Western Primitivism written by Aidan Campbell and has been published by Burns & Oates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.

It is an old racist adage that Africans have just come down from the trees. So why are young Europeans and Americans climbing back up them? Primitivism has always had a place in flaming the West's conception of Africa, whether in the form of the Noble Savage' or crazed cults such as the Mau Mau. If not everyone is quite ready to live in a tree house, the primitivism viewpoint has still made major inroads into modern society. NGO volunteers are central to the way the world relates to Africa these days. Why are these educated and motivated young people from the West predisposed to defining Africans ethnically? Privileging the Primitive argues that the popularity of modern primitivism in the West is highly relevant to the current recasting of African ethnicity. Some scholars argue that ethnicity is a relapse into primordialism, while others hold it be a more modern, fluid entity. The notion that ethnicity can be a moral code is growing. Historians argue over whether ethnicity is purely a product of African culture, a political category invented by colonial administrators, or a hybrid that mixes the two. Aidan Campbell locates ethnicity's derivation in our changing perceptions of Western society and, in particular, in the rehabilitation of the West's jaded political institutions.

The Neo Primitivist Turn

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Author : Victor Li
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2006-01-01

The Neo Primitivist Turn written by Victor Li and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Social Science categories.

In recent years the concept of 'the primitive' has been the subject of strong criticism; it has been examined, unpacked, and shown to signify little more than a construction or projection necessary for establishing the modernity of the West. The term 'primitive' continues, however, to appear in contemporary critical and cultural discourse, begging the question: Why does primitivism keep reappearing even after it has been uncovered as a modern myth? In The Neo-primitivist Turn, Victor Li argues that this contentious term was never completely banished and that it has in fact reappeared under new theoretical guises. An idealized conception of 'the primitive,' he contends, has come to function as the ultimate sign of alterity. Li focuses on the works of theorists like Jean Baudrillard, Jean-François Lyotard, Marianna Torgovnick, Marshall Sahlins, and Jürgen Habermas in order to demonstrate that primitivism continues to be a powerful presence even in those works normally regarded as critical of the concept. Providing close readings of the ways in which the premodern or primitive is strategically deployed in contemporary critical writings, Li's interdisciplinary study is a timely and forceful intervention into current debates on the politics and ethics of otherness, the problems of cultural relativism, and the vicissitudes of modernity.

From Primitive To Indigenous

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Author : James Leland Cox
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2007-01-01

From Primitive To Indigenous written by James Leland Cox and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Religion categories.

The academic study of Indigenous Religions developed historically from missiological and anthropological sources. Evaluating this assumption in the light of case studies drawn from Zimbabwe, Alaska and shamanic traditions, and in view of debates over 'primitivism', this work mounts a defence for the use of the category 'Indigenous Religions'.

Anti Primitivism And The Decline Of The West The Primitive And The Supernatural

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Author : C. Stanley Urban
language : en
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Release Date : 1993

Anti Primitivism And The Decline Of The West The Primitive And The Supernatural written by C. Stanley Urban and has been published by Edwin Mellen Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Religion categories.

This text states that the West obliterated primitive civilizations everywhere in the names of Christianity and progress, and that that was an act of cultural ignorance. It states further that they were not exterminated - or better, absorbed - in the name of democracy, because the latter was for the white man only and was thought too exotic for the primitive to grasp, and that from a scholarly point of view, if the idea of progress has failed, it will eventually cause the failure of democracy. The author declares that this idea has to be dealt with on at least three levels, i.e., the Third World where there are almost no prospects; Russia and Eastern Europe where success with a free market economy is dubious; and, finally, at home where, under democracy and diverse ethnic and religious groups, society seems unable to solve basic and vital issues.

Anthropology And The Western Tradition

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Author : Jacob Pandian
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985

Anthropology And The Western Tradition written by Jacob Pandian and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Social Science categories.

This work presents an interpretation of anthropology, its intellectual & social functions, its structure & meaning. Focuses on the question of why it is considered necessary & valid to study other peoples in order to understand ourselves & the nature of humankind.

Picturing The New Negro

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Author : Caroline Goeser
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

Picturing The New Negro written by Caroline Goeser and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Art categories.

Chronicles the vibrant partnership between literary and visual African American artists that resulted in the image of the New Negro. In the process, demonstrates that commercial illustration represents the largest and, in some cases, most progressive body of visual art associated with the Harlem Renaissance.

Resisting Primitivism

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Author : Tracy McCabe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994

Resisting Primitivism written by Tracy McCabe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with African Americans in literature categories.

The Western Review

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Author : Ray Benedict West
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1952

The Western Review written by Ray Benedict West and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1952 with Literature categories.

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Author : Valerie C. Doran
language : en
Publisher: Hanart T Z Gallery
Release Date : 1993

written by Valerie C. Doran and has been published by Hanart T Z Gallery this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Art categories.

Primitive Passions

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Author : Marianna Torgovnick
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 1997

Primitive Passions written by Marianna Torgovnick and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Religion categories.

Beginning with early 20th-century figures--among them Carl Jung, Isak Dinesen, and Georgia O'Keeffe--who found in "the primitive" a medium for soul-searching and personal change, Torgovnivk probes how the return to the primitive has signaled a quest to transcend the limitations of the body in a variety of contemporary practices, from genital piercing to New Age rites to the mythopoetic men's movement. Illustrations.