Beyond Economy and Religion: Resources and Socio-cosmic Fields in Odisha, India
In anthropology, resources are commonly defined in terms of neo-classical theories of action. In order to widen this anthropological definition, a distinction between two fields' is introduced in this article: the social field' and the cosmic field'. It is argued that both fields m...
| Published in: | Religion and society |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Berghahn
[2016]
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Religion and society
Year: 2016, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-96 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Odisha
/ Dongria Kond
/ Environment
/ Cultural system
/ Cosmology
/ Mineral resources
/ Socioeconomic system
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| Further subjects: | B
Exchange
B cosmic field B bauxite mining B Conflict B Resources B India B Rice |
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| Summary: | In anthropology, resources are commonly defined in terms of neo-classical theories of action. In order to widen this anthropological definition, a distinction between two fields' is introduced in this article: the social field' and the cosmic field'. It is argued that both fields may be completely separate and express a pluralistic configuration of values, or they may form a more or less monistic field. These ideas are applied to a conflict about bauxite-rich mountains in Odisha, India, in which those involved have quite different concepts of resources. It is argued that politicians and mining companies, as well as their national and international opponents, separate and even oppose the social and the cosmic fields on the basis of conflicting values. In contrast, it is argued that for the local people named Dongria Kond, the mining companies endanger a cultural system of exchange and provisioning that maintains an undifferentiated socio-cosmic field based on the value of life-giving wealth'. |
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| ISSN: | 2150-9301 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion and society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3167/arrs.2016.070106 |