حکمت حاکم: ایجاد فلسفه بومی آمریکا از فرهنگ های بومی [کتاب انگلیسی] | کتابخانه مجازی الفبا

Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Preface: Some Stories
Introduction
Goals
Definition of Terms
Charting Possible Paths
Outline of Chapters
The Problem of Tradition
The Problem of Land
Chapter 1 Making It a Good Idea: Difficult but Necessary Problems in Generating Academic Native American Philosophy
Three Sets of Problems
Problems of Conquest
Problems of Identity
Problems of Translation
Conclusion
Chapter 2 Generating Academic Native American Philosophy: A Method
Intellectual Sovereignty
Possible Methods
Question of Sources
The Method of Recurrent Themes
Generative Statements, Questions, and Herds
Addressing the Problems
Chapter 3 Is Questioning Everything Questionable?
Introduction
Philosophy as the Asking of Questions
Native Intellectuals and Leaders Critique Questions
Analysis, Like Questions, Is Nontraditional
Contradiction: Indian Questioning
Alternate Explanations
The Question of Wisdom
Chapter 4 When God Was a Woman: Centering Women in Academic Native American Philosophy
Introduction
Centering Women
The Rationale
Traditional Centering of Women
When God Was a Woman …
Balance
The Problem of Violence
Whose Violent Tradition?
Indigenous Feminisms
Conclusion: The Creation of a Truly Critical Indigenous Philosophy
Chapter 5 Sovereign Thought: Generating Academic Native American Philosophy from Recurrent Themes: Land, Words, Interconnectedness
Introduction
RT1: The Importance of Land, Place and Space
Land Is Important Because It Is a Source of Indian Identity
Land Is Important Because It Is Sacred and Is the Source of Ceremony
Land Is Important Because It Is the Source of Origin Stories
Land and Responsibility
Land as Source of Philosophy
Land Is Important Because She Is Our Mother
RT2: Importance of Words and Stories
Stories and Storytelling Are Central to Native American Culture
Stories Are Sources of Knowledge
Stories Are Linked to Identity
Stories Are Important Because They Are Linked to Land and Place
Stories and Spoken Words Have Power
Spoken Oaths, Treaties, and Sovereignty
Superiority of the Oral Tradition
RT3: Interconnectedness
Interconnectedness Is Important Because We Are All Related
Interconnectedness Is Important Because We Are All Interdependent
Interconnectedness and Animals
Interconnected Knowledges
Ontological Intimacy
Individuals and Responsibility
Interrelatedness and Sovereignty
Chapter 6 Recurrent Themes: Aliveness, Balance, Respect, and Purpose
RT4: The Aliveness of all Beings
Energy, Spirit, Aliveness
Aliveness, Choice, Agency, Wisdom
Aliveness and Purpose
Aliveness and Hierarchies of Being
Aliveness and Co-creation
RT5: The Importance of Respecting All Life
Respecting the Earth
Humans Respecting Animals and Plants
Humans Respecting One Another
RT6: The Importance of Balance and Reciprocity
Balance and Harmony
Balance and Reciprocity
Ecologic Balance
Balance Is Important for Health and Healing
Balance between the Sexes
Justice as Balance
Modern Manifestations of Imbalance
RT7: Purpose
Knowing One’s Purpose Is Important for Living One’s Life
Animals and Plants and Purpose
Purpose Is Important for Ceremonies
Purpose and Leadership Choices
Purpose and Individual Responsibility
Chapter 7 Recurrent Themes: Knowledge, Responsibility, Humility, Mystery
Introduction
RT8: The Importance of Humility
Humility Is Essential to Gaining Knowledge
Humility Is Essential to Leadership
Humility Is Important for Insuring Equality
Humility Important for Ceremonies
Humility and Interconnectedness
RT9: The Importance of Mystery
The Great Mystery and the Sacred
Mystery, Humility, and Respect
Mystery and Knowledge
Women and Mystery
RT10: Knowledge and Responsibility
Knowledge Is Dangerous
Knowledge Is Contextual
Knowledge Is a Gift
Knowledge and Relationships
Knowledge and Animals
Knowledge and Identity
Conclusion
Part II: Categories of Thought
Philosophy of Balance
Philosophy of Story
Philosophy of the Spoken Word (Orality?)
Philosophy of Land
Wisdom Studies
Holistic Categories of Knowledge
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
Series Index