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The place of truth in Sherpa law and religion
Journal of anthropological research • 33 • Published In 1977 • Pages: 167-184
By: Paul, Robert A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses Sherpa concepts of guilt and conflict resolution which the author believes may differ in part because of different cultural conceptions regarding the ontological status of events. Paul points out that within Sherpa culture there are some operational systems at work which view world events from an objective standpoint, while others tend to define these same events as 'illusory ephmera' (p. 167). This article presents examples of each type and what happens when they come into conflict.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Drives and emotions
- Crime
- Sanctions
- Offenses against life
- Judicial authority
- Initiation of judicial proceedings
- General character of religion
- Purification and atonement
- Prophets and ascetics
- Philosophy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Sherpa
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1966-1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nepal
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Robert A. Paul
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-184)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Sherpa (Nepalese people)