The Dance of Person and Place: One Interpretation of American Indian Philosophy
by Thomas M. Norton-Smith
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Uses the concept of "worldmaking" to provide an introduction to American Indian philosophy.Tags
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A Shawnee philosopher draws on indigenous knowledge while engaging with and refining a Western constructivist frame of reality as "equally privileged, well-made actual worlds." This is a technical yet humane and humorous essay proposing four common themes in American Indian philosophy: relatedness, circularity, expansive personhood, and the semantic power of performance such as dance.
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- Canonical title
- The Dance of Person and Place: One Interpretation of American Indian Philosophy
- Original publication date
- 2010
- Epigraph
- Each nation of Indians was made by the Great Spirit, in the skies, and when they were finished He brought them down and gave them a place upon the Earth. To the Shawnees he was more favorable than to any others. He gave them ... (show all)a piece of His own heart. —Black Hoof (Trowbridge in Kinietz and Voegelin 1939:61)
- First words
- [Foreword by Anne Waters and Agnes Curry] May we add more beauty to the world …
[Chapter 1] This chapter introduces the four common themes that are the focus of the interpretation of American Indian philosophy as ... (show all)a dance of person and place: relatedness and circularity as world-ordering principles, the expansive conception of persons, and the semantic potency of performance. - Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 970.004'97
- Canonical LCC
- E98.P5N67 2010
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