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The ideology of the Yaruro Indians in relation to socio-economic organization
Antropologica • 1 (9) • Published In 1960 • Pages: 1-10
By: Leeds, Anthony.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study the author attempts to show the relationship between Pumé (Yaruro) socio-economic organization and their ideology and to isolate from their ideological system factors that could be used for comparative purposes in cross-cultural research. These aspects of Yaruro religion and philosophy are listed in the form of seven axioms relating to the cosmic structure of the universe, the good, the not-good, the good society, the determinants of action in the good society, the nature of precepts and principles of action, and freedom or restriction of will. In addition to the above, there is information on the division of labor, horticulture, property, kinship, cosmology, mythology, spirits and gods, shamans, and shamanic séances.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Religious beliefs
- Religious experience
- Revelation and divination
- Organized ceremonial
- Philosophy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pumé
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- 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 ; 1964-65
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1958
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1958
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cinaruco and Cunaviche-Arauca rivers region, Apure, Venezuela
- NotesAdditional notes
- Anthony Leeds
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 10)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65004908
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yaruro Indians