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Savage Systems examines the emergence of the concepts of "religion" and "religions" on colonial frontiers. The book offers a detailed analysis of the ways in which European travelers, missionaries, settlers, and government agents, as well as indigenous Africans, engaged in the comparison of alternative religious ways of life as one dimension of intercultural contact. Focusing primarily on nineteenth-century frontier relations, David Chidester demonstrates that the terms and conditions for comparison - including a discourse about "otherness" - that were established during this period still remain.

Book details

• Full title: Savage Systems
• Subtitle: Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
• Author: David Chidester
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 324
• EAN: 9780813916675
• ISBN: 0813916674
• ID: 11536210
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Weight: 512 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. November 1996

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