ANT 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Edward Burnett Tylor, Polytheism, Aztec Religion
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Explores the symbolic-social-material aspects of life regarding the realm of the supernatural: ex: catholic church materiality is very prominent. Includes examining religious change, such as conversion, revitalization and religious- based conflict. People use religion as a way of lifting themselves. Was imperialism killing indigineous people through religion. Focuses on: documenting/understanding the variety of beliefs-practices- institutions, how they fit into, affect, and get affected by their social context, their implications at the individual, group and institutional levels. Curre(cid:374)tly (cid:449)e are (cid:373)ore a(cid:272)(cid:272)epti(cid:374)g of the fa(cid:272)t that there is(cid:374)"t a (cid:272)orre(cid:272)t religio(cid:374) The meaning/purpose of a sacrifice at a grave: veneration of an ancestor/social group/society, divination: seeking blame, or seeking intervention, economics: sharing/consuming meat, social: reinforcing or group solidarity or resolving conflict, political: connecting practical/supernatural power. Religion is connected to almost every aspect of life. Material and social reality: culturally variable boundaries the natural boundaries vary. All (cid:272)ultures: (cid:271)eliefs a(cid:374)d pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)es a(cid:271)out for(cid:272)es a(cid:374)d e(cid:374)tities (cid:271)eyo(cid:374)d (cid:862)(cid:374)atural(cid:863) or hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) realities.
