1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910495727203321

Autore

Hamberger Klaus

Titolo

La parenté vodou : organisation sociale et logique symbolique en pays ouatchi (Togo) / / Klaus Hamberger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, France : , : CNRS ÉDITIONS : , : Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

2-7351-1659-X

2-7351-1567-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (681 p.)

Collana

Chemins de l'ethnologie

Disciplina

299.6

Soggetti

Africa Religion

Togo Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Cet ouvrage est une étude de l’organisation sociale et de la vie religieuse en pays ouatchi (Togo du Sud-Est). Son argument principal consiste à mettre en évidence une corrélation systématique entre les deux axes - agnatique et utérin - de la parenté ouatchi, et deux modes logiques de la pensée symbolique - contiguïté et substitution. La parenté cesse ainsi de constituer un domaine parmi d’autres, pour devenir la clé de tous les domaines de la société - que ce soit les récits d’origine, la morphologie spatiale, le système matrimonial, les rites funéraires, l’art religieux, le code culinaire, les pratiques initiatiques ou la sorcellerie.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910807838903321

Autore

Baker Wayne E

Titolo

America's crisis of values : reality and perception / / Wayne Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2006

©2005

ISBN

0-691-11794-2

1-4008-4962-4

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Disciplina

303.3/72/0973

Soggetti

Social values - United States

Social ethics - United States

United States Social conditions

United States Moral conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. A Question of Values -- CHAPTER TWO. America's Values in Global Context -- CHAPTER THREE. Culture War -- CHAPTER FOUR. Dynamics of Crisis -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Search for Meaning -- APPENDIX A. World Values Surveys: Methods, Sampling, and Measures -- APPENDIX B. Statistical Tables -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Is America bitterly divided? Has America lost its traditional values? Many politicians and religious leaders believe so, as do the majority of Americans, based on public opinion polls taken over the past several years. But is this crisis of values real? This book explores the moral terrain of America today, analyzing the widely held perception that the nation is in moral decline. It looks at the question from a variety of angles, examining traditional values, secular values, religious values, family values, economic values, and others. Using unique data from the World Values Surveys, the largest systematic attempt ever made to document attitudes, values, and beliefs around the world, this book systematically evaluates the perceived crisis of values by comparing America's values with those of over 60 other nations. The results are



surprising. The evidence shows overwhelmingly that America has not lost its traditional values, that the nation compares favorably with most other societies, and that the culture war is largely a myth. The gap between reality and perception does not represent mass ignorance of the facts or an overblown moral panic, Baker contends. Rather, the widespread perception of a crisis of values is a real and legitimate interpretation of life in a society that is in the middle of a fundamental transformation and that contains growing cultural contradictions. Instead of posing a problem, the author argues, this crisis rhetoric serves the valuable social function of reminding us of what it means to be American. As such, it preserves the ideological foundation of the nation.