"Ethiopia will no longer stretch her hands to the 'deities'" - disenchanting revolutionary Ethiopia
Early 20th century was an era when r eligion began to be heavily criticised by the Ethiopian intellectuals. Eliminating its influence from the political sphere was an issue they dwelt on. This criticism on religion continued to-wards the middle of 20th century. Accordingly, the Ethiopian student mov...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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Ciências da religião história e sociedade
Year: 2014, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 18-34 |
| Further subjects: | B
Student movement
B Religion B Ethiopia B Disenchantment B Revolution |
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| Summary: | Early 20th century was an era when r eligion began to be heavily criticised by the Ethiopian intellectuals. Eliminating its influence from the political sphere was an issue they dwelt on. This criticism on religion continued to-wards the middle of 20th century. Accordingly, the Ethiopian student move-ment which culminated with the outbreak of a revolution in 1974 took up the criticism of religion as a factor that drew the country behind. The re-gime change in 1974 marked an important historical development as the state adopted a “socialist ideology”. This was followed by a rejection of reli-gion as anti-progress and anti-revolutionary. Taking newspaper article titled “Beagul Limad Lay Zemecha (campaign against harmful custom)” by Delbage (1976), this paper attempts to analyse “disenchantment” in revo-lutionary Ethiopia. The article is a reflection of the time when religion be-came an object of criticism by the state. A disenchanted order is introduced by the writer through his discursive acts. |
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| ISSN: | 1980-9425 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ciências da religião história e sociedade
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