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UNINA9910455556903321 |
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Murrell Nathaniel Samuel |
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Afro-Caribbean Religions [[electronic resource] ] : An Introduction to Their Historical, Cultural, and Sacred Traditions |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2010 |
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1-282-43732-1 |
9786612437328 |
1-4399-0175-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (441 p.) |
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Afro-Caribbean cults |
Cults |
Religion |
North & South American Religions |
Philosophy & Religion |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I - African Connections: Historical Roots of Afro-Caribbean Religions; 1. Yoruba, Fon-Ewe, Ashanti, and Kongo Cultural History; 2. African Cultus and Functionaries; Part II - Vodou: Haitian Religion; 3. Vodou and the Haitians' Struggle; 4. Serving the Lwa; Part III - Santeria and Palo Monte: Cuban Religion of the Orisha and Drums; 5. Caribbean Santeria; 6. Energy of the Ashe Community and Cultus; 7. Palo Monte Mayombe; Part IV - Creole Religions of the Southern Caribbean; 8. Dancing to Orixas' Axe in Candomble; 9. Umbanda and Its Antecedents |
10. Orisha Powers: Creole Religion in Trinidad and TobagoPart V - Jamaica's Creole Religions: Culture of Resistance and Rhythms; 11. Obeah: Magical Art of Resistance; 12. Myal and Kumina in Jamaica's Past; 13. Poco, Zion, and Convince; 14. The Rastafari Chant; Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Religion is one of the most important elements of Afro-Caribbean culture linking its people to their African past, from Haitian Vodou and Cuban Santeria-popular religions that have often been demonized in popular culture-to Rastafari in Jamaica and Orisha-Shango of Trinidad and Tobago. In Afro-Caribbean Religions, Nathaniel Samuel Murrell provides a comprehensive study that respectfully traces the social, historical, and political contexts of these religions. And, because Brazil has the largest African population in the world outside of Africa, and has historic ties to the Caribbean, Murr |
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UNINA9910465585003321 |
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Autore |
Tuck Richard <1949-> |
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The rights of war and peace : political thought and the international order from Grotius to Kant / / Richard Tuck |
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Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 |
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©1999 |
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0-19-154287-3 |
0-19-820753-0 |
1-280-44543-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (254 p.) |
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International law - History - 17th century |
International law - History - 18th century |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; PREFACE; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: HUMANISM; ALBERICO GENTILI; PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKES; THE RELATIVISM OF PATRIOTISM; THE NATURAL SOCIETY OF THE HUMAN RACE; THE OCCUPATION OF VACANT LAND; CHAPTER 2: SCHOLASTICISM; ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY; AUGUSTINE; DOMINIUM MUNDI; THE LAW OF THE SEA; NATURAL SLAVERY; THOMISM; CHAPTER 3: HUGO GROTIUS; INTRODUCTION; DE lNDIS: THE |
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FOUNDATIONS; DE lNDIS: PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; DE LURE BELLI AC PACRS: SOCIABILITY; DE lURE BELLI AC PACJS: NATIVE PEOPLES; CHAPTER 4: THOMAS HOBBES; ELIZABETHAN IDEAS ON COLONIZATION |
JOHN SELDENTHE OCCUPATION OF THE WILDERNESS; HOBBES: INTRODUCTION; HOBBES: FEAR AS THE BASIS FOR WAR; HOBBES: MINIMAL SOCIABILITY; HOBBES: THE STATE OF NATURE; CHAPTER 5: SAMUEL PUFENDORF; GERMAN CRITICS OF GROTIUS; PUFENDORF AS CRITIC OF HOBBES; PUFENDORF AS CRITIC OF GROTIUS I; Sociability; PUFENDORF AS CRITIC OF GROTIUS II; Property; PUFENDORF AS CRITIC OF GROTIUS III; International Punishment; CHAPTER 6: FROM LOCKE TO VATTEL; LOCKE AS A CRITIC OF PUFENDORF; COMMENTATORS ON PUFENDORF; MoNTESQUIEU; WOLFF; VATTEL; CHAPTER 7: ROUSSEAU AND KANT; THE HOBBESIANISM OF ROUSSEAU I; Sociability |
THE HOBBESIANISM OF ROUSSEAU IIThe State; THE HOBBESIANISM OF ROUSSEAU III; The State of War; THE HOBBESIANISM OF KANT I; The State of Nature; THE HOBBESIANISM OF KANT II; The Right of Nation; THE HOBBESIANISM OF KANT III; Cosmopolitanism; CONCLUSION; INDEX |
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The Rights of War and Peace is a fully historical account of the formative period of modern theories of international law. Professor Tuck examines the arguments over the moral basis for war, and links the debates to the writings of Hobbes et al. |
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