KINGS AND GODS AS ECOLOGICAL AGENTS: FROM RECIPROCITY TO UNILATERALISM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
The article compares the cultural traditions of Lulubo, Lokoya, and Lotuho of the East Bank of the Nile in South using René Girard's perspective of culture. It explores reciprocal and exploitative relationships between nature and Western and non-Western societies. It seeks to answer whether Judeo-Ch...
| Publicado en: | Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis & Culture Vol. 12/13; no. 1; pp. 31 - 47 |
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Michigan State University Press
Sep2006
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| Sumario: | The article compares the cultural traditions of Lulubo, Lokoya, and Lotuho of the East Bank of the Nile in South using René Girard's perspective of culture. It explores reciprocal and exploitative relationships between nature and Western and non-Western societies. It seeks to answer whether Judeo-Christian tradition impacts and shapes modern relationships with nature. It also discusses cultural understanding of kings and Gods as ecological agents. |
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