"Back to the dance of syncretism": a dialogue with Pierre Sanchis
Since the fourties, Brazilian sociologists and anthropologist adopted theconcept of syncretism in their studies on Afro-Brazilian religions. At the end ofthe seventies, however, this concept was abandoned after being criticized as partof ruling classes’ ideology, and as a tool of cultural imposition...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2005 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) |
| Repositorio: | Ciencias Sociales y Religión (Online) |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8669485 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/csr/article/view/8669485 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Sincretismo Catolicismo Cultura global Pierre Sanchis Syncretism Catholicism Global culture |
| Resumo: | Since the fourties, Brazilian sociologists and anthropologist adopted theconcept of syncretism in their studies on Afro-Brazilian religions. At the end ofthe seventies, however, this concept was abandoned after being criticized as partof ruling classes’ ideology, and as a tool of cultural imposition. Among of themain contributions of Pierre Sanchis’ work, his proposal of rehabilitation of thisconcept stands out. This article examines some aspects of Sanchis’ discussion onsyncretism. |
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