Mayan Lives, Mayan Utopias - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mayan Lives, Mayan Utopias write by Jan Rus. This book was released on 2003. Mayan Lives, Mayan Utopias available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Maya Indian peoples of Chiapas had been mobilizing politically for years before the Zapatista rebellion that brought them to international attention. This authoritative volume explores the different ways that Indians across Chiapas have carved out autonomous cultural and political spaces in their diverse communities and regions. Offering a consistent and cohesive vision of the complex evolution of a region and its many cultures and histories, this work is a fundamental source for understanding key issues in nation building. In a unique collaboration, the book brings together recognized authorities who have worked in Chiapas for decades, many linking scholarship with social and political activism. Their combined perspectives, many previously unavailable in English, make this volume the most authoritative, richly detailed, and authentic work available on the people behind the Zapatista movement.
Jan Rus, Rosalva Aída Hernández Y Hannan 1. Mattiace (eds.), Mayan Lives and Mayan Utopias. The Indigenous Peoples of Chiapas and the Zapatista Rebellion, Rowman & Little Field Publishers, Estados Unidos,2003
Jan Rus, Rosalva Aída Hernández Y Hannan 1. Mattiace (eds.), Mayan Lives and Mayan Utopias. The Indigenous Peoples of Chiapas and the Zapatista Rebellion, Rowman & Little Field Publishers, Estados Unidos,2003 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jan Rus, Rosalva Aída Hernández Y Hannan 1. Mattiace (eds.), Mayan Lives and Mayan Utopias. The Indigenous Peoples of Chiapas and the Zapatista Rebellion, Rowman & Little Field Publishers, Estados Unidos,2003 write by Diana Guillén. This book was released on 2005. Jan Rus, Rosalva Aída Hernández Y Hannan 1. Mattiace (eds.), Mayan Lives and Mayan Utopias. The Indigenous Peoples of Chiapas and the Zapatista Rebellion, Rowman & Little Field Publishers, Estados Unidos,2003 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Living Maya
The Living Maya - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Living Maya write by Robert Sitler, Ph.D.. This book was released on 2012-04-10. The Living Maya available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Author Robert Sitler’s immersion in Mayan culture began with a transformative spiritual experience more than three decades ago in the ruins of Palenque, Mexico. Led by a local to a nearby Mayan village, Sitler discovered firsthand what traditional Mayan life was like—a community of people living in peace with each other and their physical surroundings. In The Living Maya, he shares this experience and many that followed. In the process, he immerses readers in a rich indigenous culture and offers a fresh view of the 2012 phenomenon, focusing on the valuable lessons Mayan culture can teach us in this time of transition. Personal anecdotes are interwoven with factual information about the roots of traditional Mayan customs and traditions, presenting a rare multifaceted view of their simple yet profound way of life. The book showcases Mayan infant care, community building, ties to nature, attitudes toward the elderly, and orientation to spirituality. In The Living Maya, Sitler shows how following “the Mayan way” can help us ground our lives in harmony with nature, broaden our perspectives on human existence, connect us with our capacity for compassion, and use the vaunted cataclysm of 2012 as a unique chance for growth.
Utopias
Utopias - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Utopias write by Howard P. Segal. This book was released on 2012-03-02. Utopias available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This brief history connects the past and present of utopian thought, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, right up to present day visions of cyberspace communities and paradise. Explores the purpose of utopias, what they reveal about the societies who conceive them, and how utopias have changed over the centuries Unique in including both non-Western and Western visions of utopia Explores the many forms utopias have taken – prophecies and oratory, writings, political movements, world's fairs, physical communities – and also discusses high-tech and cyberspace visions for the first time The first book to analyze the implicitly utopian dimensions of reform crusades like Technocracy of the 1930s and Modernization Theory of the 1950s, and the laptop classroom initiatives of recent years
Maya Exodus
Maya Exodus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Maya Exodus write by Heidi Moksnes. This book was released on 2012-11-20. Maya Exodus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Maya Exodus offers a richly detailed account of how a group of indigenous people has adopted a global language of human rights to press claims for social change and social justice. Anthropologist Heidi Moksnes describes how Catholic Maya in the municipality of Chenalhó in Chiapas, Mexico, have changed their position vis-à-vis the Mexican state—from being loyal clients dependent on a patron, to being citizens who have rights—as a means of exodus from poverty. Moksnes lived in Chenalhó in the mid-1990s and has since followed how Catholic Maya have adopted liberation theology and organized a religious and political movement to both advance their sociopolitical position in Mexico and restructure local Maya life. She came to know members of the Catholic organization Las Abejas shortly before they made headlines when forty-five members, including women and children, were killed by Mexican paramilitary troops because of their sympathy with the Zapatistas. In the years since the massacre at Acteal, Las Abejas has become a global symbol of indigenous pacifist resistance against state oppression. The Catholic Maya in Chenalhó see their poverty as a legacy of colonial rule perpetuated by the present Mexican government, and believe that their suffering is contrary to the will of God. Moksnes shows how this antagonism toward the state is exacerbated by the government’s recent neoliberal policies, which have ended pro-peasant programs while employing a discourse on human rights. In this context, Catholic Maya debate the value of pressing the state with their claims. Instead, they seek independent routes to influence and resources, through the Catholic Diocese and nongovernmental organizations—relations, however, that also help to create new dependencies. This book incorporates voices of Maya men and women as they form new identities, rethink central conceptions of being human, and assert citizenship rights. Maya Exodus deepens our understanding of the complexities involved in striving for social change. Ultimately, it highlights the contradictory messages marginalized peoples encounter when engaging with the globally celebrated human rights discourse.
