RELS 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Western Philosophy, Traditional Knowledge, Spoken Word
18 Jan 2017
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In 1960s indigenous sovereignty and identity came to forefront, socially. Imperial agenda to impose a system of world view on others. Traditionally in the west, we have an inclination to separate religion from every day life. The notion of what is spiritual from an indigenous perspective is braided in every aspect of their lives. Tradition, those identified with european religiosity, there is constant tension with the sacred and the profane. From an indigenous worldview, our conventional everyday aspect of our lives is imbued with the sacred. What indigenous studies wants to do is call on the difference of that. If i see the world that has been given to me to be in charge of, very different from the worldview that i am given to the world. The other, looks at the world as an intrinsic value. It follows, we have a different way of understanding the world.
