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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... social character of the two movements . The early Rastas were drawn predominantly from the African - Jamaican rural and urban underclass . It was a movement among the Jamaican poor , unmediated ; and the religious character and cultural ...
... social character of the two movements . The early Rastas were drawn predominantly from the African - Jamaican rural and urban underclass . It was a movement among the Jamaican poor , unmediated ; and the religious character and cultural ...
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... social behaviour made up of sounds and words which incite a response and create a sense of community . While language is rigorously ruled by precise and neutral objective regulations , songs are subjective and totally emotional . In ...
... social behaviour made up of sounds and words which incite a response and create a sense of community . While language is rigorously ruled by precise and neutral objective regulations , songs are subjective and totally emotional . In ...
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... Social and historical contexts of countercultures The development of Rastafari was set in the cultural and social context of the African Diaspora , which involved the uprooting of millions of people by the forces and agents of the World ...
... Social and historical contexts of countercultures The development of Rastafari was set in the cultural and social context of the African Diaspora , which involved the uprooting of millions of people by the forces and agents of the World ...
Contents
Rasta from Experience | 21 |
History and Narration | 42 |
The Return to the Motherland | 72 |
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