Reminiscence and Repetition (1995)

"Reminiscence and Repetition: Cultural Genesis in Contemporary Mapuche Society," unpubl. PhD diss. in Japanese, 1995, 624 pages.

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Culture and genesis

1.2 Mapuche history and ethnography

1.3 Historio-ethnographic background of the Northwestern side of Calafquén Lake

Chapter 2 Imitating the celestial order: the principle of reminiscence

2.1 The oral state of mind

2.2 The principle of konümpan

2.3 The Heaven and the Earth

2.4 God, Spirits, Humans

Chapter 3 Praying and sacrificing: from reminiscence to power

3.1 Reminiscence and ritual

3.2 The ambiguity of kamarikun

3.3 From reminiscence topower

3.4 The principle of power

Chapter 4 Aspects of human relations: reminiscence, power and horizontality

4.1 The world of kinship

4.2 Marriage and the external world

4.3 Power and its sources

4.4 The principle of horizontality

Chapter 5 Repetition and genesis: theoretical considerations

5.1 From identity to repetition

5.2 Repetition and existence

5.3 Repetition and society

5.4 Repetition and modernity

Chapter 6 Contemporary reservation society: multitemporality and repetition

6.1 Politics and economy of a reservation society

6.2 The "mapuche" and the "huinca"

6.3 The existential dramas

6.4 Ambrosio's death

Chapter 7 Perspective for the future and conclusion

7,1 Toward the city

7,2 Perspective for the future

7,3 Conclusion: Ethnography as historical philosophy

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Chapter 1 Introduction — 2012/04/20 13:20:47