A Decolonial Philosophy of Indigenous Colombia

Time, Beauty, and Spirit in Kamëntšá Culture

Juan Alejandro Chindoy Chindoy (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

122 Seiten

2020
Rowman & Littlefield International (Verlag)
978-1-78661-629-6 (ISBN)

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Philosophically addressing three fundamental aspects of the Kamëntšá, an indigenous culture located in the Southwest of Colombia, this book is an investigation of how a native culture creates meaning. Time, beauty and spirit are key philosophical experiences within the Kamëntšá Culture which should be interpreted both as constituting and as constituted symbols because of their historicity and actuality and their potential power of transformation. The book addresses these living symbols that take hold of the past but whose significance goes beyond their antiquity through the traditions of storytelling and dance, ritual, healing and ceremony as well as the fraught political histories of colonialism and the ownership of the land.

The author, raised within Kamëntšá Culture, weaves personal experience with philosophical insights and significance of the Kamentsa culture, presented through its own frameworks and narratives. The philosophical dimensions of Kamentsa culture are articulated and contextualized within a legacy of colonial domination by long-term Spanish and Catholic rule that enacts the necessary separation of Kamentsa ideas from their representations through Catholic hermeneutic approaches. However, the book also embraces intercultural philosophical engagement, as the methodological approach is formed partly through some modern and contemporary Western thinkers as well as indigenous writers and figures like Carlos Tamabioy and N. Scott Momaday.

Juan Alejandro Chindoy Chindoy is Lecturer in Moral and Political Philosophy at Caldas University, Manizales, Colombia and Lecturer in Philosophy of Law and Hermeneutics at Universidad Católica Luis Amigó, Manizales, Colombia.

Introduction

Generalities of Kamëntšá Culture
A Philosophical Approach to Kamëntšá Culture

Chapter 1 – Time in Kamëntšá Culture

Two Conceptions of Time
Time as History

Sibundoy at the Time of the Early Spanish Conquistadors
Carlos Tamabioy’s Legacy in Land Ownership
Capuchin Missionaries and the Division of Land in the Sibundoy Valley

Time as Primary Experience

Storytelling as Constituted Symbol
Scholarship on Storytelling as Constituted Symbol
Storytelling as Constituting Symbol

Conclusion

Chapter 2 – Beauty in Kamëntšá Culture

Bëtskanté as Constituted Symbol
From Bëtsknaté to Clestrinӱë
Bëtsknaté as a Constituting Symbol: An Experience of Dancing
The Philosophical Significance of Kamëntšá Dancing
Conclusion

Chapter 3 – Spirit in Kamëntšá Culture

Native Doctors and Rituals of Healing: The Constituted Nature of Rituals
Scholarly Descriptions of Yajé
Yajé ceremonies in Sibundoy: The Constituting Aspects of Yajé
Conclusion

Conclusion
Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	30.06.2020
Reihe/Serie	Global Critical Caribbean Thought
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 231 mm
Gewicht	367 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker)
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-78661-629-7 / 1786616297
ISBN-13	978-1-78661-629-6 / 9781786616296
Zustand	Neuware