The Power of Love

The Moral Use of Knowledge among the Amuesga of Central Peru

By:

Fernando Santos-Granero

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Hardback

Series:

LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology

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An account of the philosophical conceptions of power held by the Amuesha, a priestly society of the Peruvian Amazon. It reveals the relationship the Amuesha see between cosmogony and political morality. Love is a crucial component of both legitimate knowledge and legitimate power. The distinction between divine and mortal love pervades this priestly cosmology and moral philosophy, making it central both to the playing out of hierarchical relationships in everyday life and to a millenaristic theology of salvation. This volume will be important to students of Amozonian and Andean peoples, to specialists in comparative religion, and to those more generally interested in the complex relationship between systems of morality and political power.

Author Biography:

Fernando Santos-Granero (Author)

Release date NZ

January 1st, 1991

Author

Fernando Santos-Granero

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

348

Series

LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology

Dimensions

156x234x22

ISBN-13

9780485195620

Product ID

1674611

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