San Spirituality: Roots, Expression, and Social Consequences (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780759104310)

At the intersection between western culture and Africa, we find the San people of the Kalahari desert. Once called Bushmen, the San have survived many characterizations-from pre-human animals by the early European colonials, to aboriginal conservationists in perfect harmony with nature by recent New Age adherents. Neither caricature does justice to the complex world view of the San. Eminent anthropologists David Lewis-Williams and David Pearce present a instead balanced view of the spiritual life of this much-studied people, examining the interplay of their cosmology, myth, ritual, and art.

Author: David J. Lewis-Williams,D. G. Pearce
ISBN-10: 075910431X
ISBN-13: 9780759104310
Publisher: Altamira Press
Language: English
Published: 08/20/2004
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2005 pg. 1270