Catastrophe and Creation: The transformation of an African culture

, by Friedmann,K. Elkholm

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Preface
Introduction: World Process and the Production of Culture	p. 1
History and explanation	p. 2
The study of cultural change	p. 4
Culture as interpretation and strategy	p. 6
Outline and sources	p. 7
Transformation of the Social Order
The factory system	p. 13
From slave to legitimate trader	p. 14
A voyage on the Congo	p. 18
The factories: their effect on society and environment	p. 22
The interregional system of trade	p. 34
Kongo society	p. 37
Encounter between incompatible systems	p. 51
Catastrophe and creation	p. 57
Penetration and colonization	p. 60
Destruction of the indigenous order	p. 70
A modern clan society	p. 82
Personhood and the Dynamics of Culture
The constitution of the person and the externality of power	p. 103
The human being	p. 111
Expansion and contraction of nsala	p. 116
The significance of the model: on color symbolism and identity	p. 119
Colonization and consciousness: experiences of disintegration and imaginary cannibalism	p. 124
Life-force--mediated and channeled	p. 127
Transformation of the Cultural Order
From religion to magic	p. 139
Power and cosmic hierarchy	p. 145
The two spheres of the religious system	p. 157
Christianity and the traditionial religion	p. 163
Transformations of traditional religion: from cult to medical magic	p. 167
Consecration and cults	p. 178
Witchcraft as imaginary cannibalism	p. 192
Witchcraft through history	p. 194
The cannibalistic activities of the witches	p. 213
Legitimate and non-legitimate power	p. 217
Cannibalism and the loss of political power	p. 220
19th century cannibalism in the Congo region--evidence and form	p. 225
Cannibalism as an expression of power	p. 232
Cannibalism and foreign intrusion	p. 237
Cannibalism and the loss of power	p. 243
Conclusion	p. 247
Hierarchical mode of thought and externality of power	p. 248
Encounter between incompatible systems	p. 249
The colonial period	p. 250
Culture and class structure	p. 252
The loss of power	p. 253
Cultural change	p. 255
Bibliography	p. 256
Index	p. 269
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