LAND AND SOIL: A EUROPEAN COMMODITY IN SHONA TRADITIONAL PERSPECTIVE
This article is, for the most part, based on a paper read at a seminar held by the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Zimbabwe. It demonstrates the different values attached to land in the Shona traditional and the modern 'Western' world. In the former it meshes with a ho...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1995
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 1995, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-54 |
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| Summary: | This article is, for the most part, based on a paper read at a seminar held by the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Zimbabwe. It demonstrates the different values attached to land in the Shona traditional and the modern 'Western' world. In the former it meshes with a holistic cosmology; in the latter it has become a commercial good. In the modern world the two are interacting, with patent material and ideological biases in favour of the Western paradigm. Weaknesses of this paradigm, also in the African context, are apparent in many spheres - sociopolitical, ecological, economic, psychospiritual - and these must be considered. The human need for spiritual continuity in the midst of sweeping existential change is perhaps not taken sufficiently seriously. |
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| ISSN: | 2413-3027 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion
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