Some Thoughts about the Philosophical Underpinnings of Aboriginal Worldviews
In: Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and EcologyAbstract
Indigenous Australian philosophy is more than just a survivalist kit to understanding nature, human or environmental, but is also a system for realising the fullest potential of human emotion and experience. This paper explores elements of indigenous philosophy, focusing on indigenous views that maintain human-ness is a skill, not developed in order to become a better human being, but to become more and more human. In this context, the paper considers indigenous understandings of the land as a spiritual entity and human societies as dependent upon the land.
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Some Thoughts about the Philosophical Underpinnings of Aboriginal Worldviews
In: Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and EcologyAbstract
Indigenous Australian philosophy is more than just a survivalist kit to understanding nature, human or environmental, but is also a system for realising the fullest potential of human emotion and experience. This paper explores elements of indigenous philosophy, focusing on indigenous views that maintain human-ness is a skill, not developed in order to become a better human being, but to become more and more human. In this context, the paper considers indigenous understandings of the land as a spiritual entity and human societies as dependent upon the land.
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 5237 | 2092 | 248 |
| Full Text Views | 3827 | 935 | 73 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 6802 | 2025 | 150 |