Looking Like the Land: Beauty and Aesthetics in Amazonian Quichua Philosophy and Practice

This article offers an account of Quichua thinking about beauty in the Ecuadorian Amazon: how it is grounded in a philosophical tradition that conceives the world and the self in “perspectivist” and relational terms, and how experiences of beauty play specific roles and attain a particular kind of s...

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Authors: Reddekop, Jarrad (Author) ; Swanson, Tod D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2017]
In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 85, Issue: 3, Pages: 682-708
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ecuador / Quichua / Natural philosophy / Beauty
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
BB Indigenous religions
KBR Latin America
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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