Divine Rulers in a Secular State
The divine kingship and chiefship of the Asante people of central Ghana have been undergoing a shift towards secularization since the start of the colonial era. Timo Kallinen maintains that a close examination of this transformation provides us with a better...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Helsinki
Finnish Literature Society / SKS
2016
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| Series: | Studia Fennica Anthropologica
3 |
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | The divine kingship and chiefship of the Asante people of central Ghana have been undergoing a shift towards secularization since the start of the colonial era. Timo Kallinen maintains that a close examination of this transformation provides us with a better understanding of secularization processes in Ghana more broadly, and in other post-colonial societies whose historical development likewise differs from that of the modern West, and which have largely confronted secular modernity through encounters with European colonialism. roughout the volume secularization is understood as a process in modern society whereby divinity is separated from the ways in which both human society is regulated and physical nature is understood to function. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (205 p.) |
| ISBN: | sfa.3 9789522226822 9789522227690 |
| Access: | Open Access |