Les Navajo en transition : la difficile maîtrise d’un nouvel espace-temps

What happens when a society like that of the Navajo is faced with a Euro-American concept of space and time exerting tension and pressure on its way of thinking, its beliefs and its traditional way of life? The Navajo tetragram made of spirituality, limited space (the land of their ancestors) and pr...

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Main Author: Gérard Selbach
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Language:English
Published: Presses universitaires de Rennes 2004-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/lisa/2880
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description What happens when a society like that of the Navajo is faced with a Euro-American concept of space and time exerting tension and pressure on its way of thinking, its beliefs and its traditional way of life? The Navajo tetragram made of spirituality, limited space (the land of their ancestors) and present time (continuity) is faced with another: secularity, unlimited space and just-in-time, typical of the free-market and consumer society. These are two cultures, two sets of values that seem irreconcilable except for the Navajo who, thanks to Hózhó, live an ambivalent balance: “We are two in one.”
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Les Navajo en transition : la difficile maîtrise d’un nouvel espace-temps
Revue LISA
identity
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spirituality
space
time
secularity
title Les Navajo en transition : la difficile maîtrise d’un nouvel espace-temps
title_full Les Navajo en transition : la difficile maîtrise d’un nouvel espace-temps
title_fullStr Les Navajo en transition : la difficile maîtrise d’un nouvel espace-temps
title_full_unstemmed Les Navajo en transition : la difficile maîtrise d’un nouvel espace-temps
title_short Les Navajo en transition : la difficile maîtrise d’un nouvel espace-temps
title_sort les navajo en transition la difficile maitrise d un nouvel espace temps
topic identity
Navajo
spirituality
space
time
secularity
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