Andean Cosmologies Through Time: Persistence and Emergence

by Robert V. H. Dover

Concerned with Andean cosmology both as the manifestation of a system of belief and as a way of thinking or worldview that orders the social environment, this volume advances an explanation of why Andean indigenous communities are still recognizably Andean after a half-millennium of forced exposure to Western systems of thought and belief. Dealing with cultural authenticity in an Andean context, the essays describe a process facilitated by a cosmology...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253318157
• ISBN13: 9780253318152
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher