ANTH 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Cargo Cult, Syncretism, Social Change
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Anthropology 2 november 14 lecture 18. We should not think that religion is old and does not affect the modern world because it does. Search for a new order: change by chaos, trying to understand the changed context of society through religion. Charismatic leader: movements carried out by them, social need for people, pertains to an individual. Individuals who project a sense of stability and know what is going on. Great magical value assigned to euro-american goods. Taking old ideas and molding them with new ideas: example: resurrection. Soon, a big boat would come with all of our ancestors with european goods. Cult that believed in all this cargo: built on the idea of resurrection and big men, big men and reciprocity. Cargo cults led to western-style politics: very democratic political parties. Example of revitalization movement: john frum vanuatu: summoning the arrival of the big plane.
