Rastafari: A Universal Philosophy in the Third MillenniumWerner Zips "Rastafari practitioners have continually resisted social sciences definition of what outsiders called a millenarian movement. They maintained against these efforts of categorization that Rastafari as a lived and living philosophy combines ancient roots with ever emerging routes. These historical, dynamic and creative dimensions challenge any homogenizing attempts to freeze the 'movement' in time and space. African origins are as important as Diasporean experiences for Rastafari in the manifold struggles to downstroy slavery and oppression. But the strong universal appeal towards the realization of equal rights and justice implodes analytical and practical limitations of a Black Atlantic culture. This volume brings together contributions from well-known Rastafari practitioners and social scientists as a counter to the unilateral politics of outside definition, identification, and misrepresentation. They discuss Rastafari as an experimental philosophy; its historical and contemporary global culture dimensions and its contribution to issues such as decolonization, reparation and repatriation. " |
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... Giddens tempers this view by referring to the largely unconscious , habitual and cyclical nature of human cognition and activity . ( Welskopp 1997 , 58 ) People no longer appear as puppets , nor should they Roots and Culture | 219.
... Giddens tempers this view by referring to the largely unconscious , habitual and cyclical nature of human cognition and activity . ( Welskopp 1997 , 58 ) People no longer appear as puppets , nor should they Roots and Culture | 219.
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... Archibald Dunkley , Robert Hinds . ―.c Perceptual reactions : the emotional and cognitive experience of latent conditions and precipitant situations . Worldview and identity 224 ( Counter ) Globalization and Diaspora.
... Archibald Dunkley , Robert Hinds . ―.c Perceptual reactions : the emotional and cognitive experience of latent conditions and precipitant situations . Worldview and identity 224 ( Counter ) Globalization and Diaspora.
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... Cognitive Aspects of Bushdoctor Health Care Traditional systems of health care and plant use are intimately related to the practitioner's worldview . Since Rastas believe that the cosmos is ordered by the organic principles of Jah ...
... Cognitive Aspects of Bushdoctor Health Care Traditional systems of health care and plant use are intimately related to the practitioner's worldview . Since Rastas believe that the cosmos is ordered by the organic principles of Jah ...
Contents
Rasta from Experience | 21 |
History and Narration | 42 |
The Return to the Motherland | 72 |
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