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...

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Published in:Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis & Culture Vol. 12/13; no. 1; pp. 31 - 47
Main Author: Simonse, Simon
Format: Article
Published: Michigan State University Press Sep2006
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