The Resource Aztec philosophy : understanding a world in motion, James Maffie
Aztec philosophy : understanding a world in motion, James Maffie
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- Summary
- In Aztec Philosophy, James Maffie reveals a highly sophisticated and systematic Aztec philosophy worthy of consideration alongside European philosophies of their time. Bringing together the fields of comparative world philosophy and Mesoamerican studies, Maffie excavates the distinctly philosophical aspects of Aztec thought. Aztec Philosophy focuses on the ways Aztec metaphysics{u2014}the Aztecs{u2019} understanding of the nature, structure and constitution of reality{u2014}underpinned Aztec thinking about wisdom, ethics, politics,\ and aesthetics, and served as a backdrop for Aztec religious practices as well as everyday activities such as weaving, farming, and warfare. Aztec metaphysicians conceived reality and cosmos as a grand, ongoing process of weaving{u2014}theirs was a world in motion. Drawing upon linguistic, ethnohistorical, archaeological, historical, and contemporary ethnographic evidence, Maffie argues that Aztec metaphysics maintained a processive, transformational, and non-hierarchical view of reality, time, and existence along with a pantheistic theology. Aztec Philosophy will be of great interest to Mesoamericanists, philosophers, religionists, folklorists, and Latin Americanists as well as students of indigenous philosophy, religion, and art of the Americas. --Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (609 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Teotl -- 1.1: Teotl -- 1.2: Supporting Scholarship -- 1.3: The Cosmos as Teotl�s Artistic-Shamanic Self-Transformation -- 1.4: Some Implications of and Objections against Several Aspects of This Interpretation of Aztec Metaphysics -- 1.5: Conclusion -- 2: Pantheism -- 2.1: Pantheism -- 2.2: The Sacred -- 2.3: Neltiliztli, Self-Presentation, and Nonhierarchical Well-Ordering -- 2.4: Ixiptla and Teixiptla -- 2.5: Animism -- 2.6: Objections and Replies -- 2.7: Conclusion
- 3: Agonistic Inamic Unity3.1: Agonistic Inamic Unity -- 3.2: Agonistic Inamic Unity as A Pattern in the Weaving of the Cosmos -- 3.3: Examining Agonistic Inamic Unity -- 3.4: Artistic Presentations of Agonistic Inamic Unity -- 3.5: Abstract Inamic Pa irs -- 3.6: Balance and Imbalance, and Center and Periphery Are Not Inamic Pairs -- 3.7: Ometeotl -- 3.8: Conclusion -- 4: Teotl as Olin -- 4.1: Olin -- 4.2: Linguistic Evidence -- 4.3: Literary Evidence -- 4.4: Graphic Evidence -- 4.5: Conclusion -- 5: Teotl as Malinalli -- 5.1: Linguistic Evidence
- 5.2: Literary Evidence5.3: Graphic Evidence -- 5.4: Conclusion -- 6: Teotl as Nepantla -- 6.1: Linguistic Evidence -- 6.2: Literary Evidence -- 6.3: Graphic Evidence -- 6.4: Conclusion -- 7: Teotl as Time-Place -- 7.1: Introductory Remarks on Time and Place -- 7.2: The Tonalpohualli -- 7.3: The Xihuitl or Xiuhpohualli -- 7.4: Aztec Cosmogony -- 7.5: Aztec Time-Place: A Monistic and Processive Interpretation -- 7.6: Conclusion -- 8: Weaving the Cosmos -- 8.1: The Dynamics of the Aztec Cosmos -- 8.2: Backstrap Weaving
- 8.3: Weaving the Fifth Sun-Earth Age8.4: The First Four Sun-Earth Ages as Nepantla-Process -- 8.5: The Fifth Age as Nepantla-Generated Woven House -- 8.6: The Vertical Folding of the Cosmos and of the Fifth Age -- 8.7: Cosmos and Reality as Nepantla-Process -- 8.8: Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
- Isbn
- 9781607322238
- Label
- Aztec philosophy : understanding a world in motion
- Title
- Aztec philosophy
- Title remainder
- understanding a world in motion
- Statement of responsibility
- James Maffie
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In Aztec Philosophy, James Maffie reveals a highly sophisticated and systematic Aztec philosophy worthy of consideration alongside European philosophies of their time. Bringing together the fields of comparative world philosophy and Mesoamerican studies, Maffie excavates the distinctly philosophical aspects of Aztec thought. Aztec Philosophy focuses on the ways Aztec metaphysics{u2014}the Aztecs{u2019} understanding of the nature, structure and constitution of reality{u2014}underpinned Aztec thinking about wisdom, ethics, politics,\ and aesthetics, and served as a backdrop for Aztec religious practices as well as everyday activities such as weaving, farming, and warfare. Aztec metaphysicians conceived reality and cosmos as a grand, ongoing process of weaving{u2014}theirs was a world in motion. Drawing upon linguistic, ethnohistorical, archaeological, historical, and contemporary ethnographic evidence, Maffie argues that Aztec metaphysics maintained a processive, transformational, and non-hierarchical view of reality, time, and existence along with a pantheistic theology. Aztec Philosophy will be of great interest to Mesoamericanists, philosophers, religionists, folklorists, and Latin Americanists as well as students of indigenous philosophy, religion, and art of the Americas. --Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Maffie, James
- Dewey number
- 199/.7208997452
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F1219.76.P55
- LC item number
- M35 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- Aztec philosophy
- Aztecs
- Aztec philosophy
- Aztecs
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- Aztec philosophy : understanding a world in motion, James Maffie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Teotl -- 1.1: Teotl -- 1.2: Supporting Scholarship -- 1.3: The Cosmos as Teotl�s Artistic-Shamanic Self-Transformation -- 1.4: Some Implications of and Objections against Several Aspects of This Interpretation of Aztec Metaphysics -- 1.5: Conclusion -- 2: Pantheism -- 2.1: Pantheism -- 2.2: The Sacred -- 2.3: Neltiliztli, Self-Presentation, and Nonhierarchical Well-Ordering -- 2.4: Ixiptla and Teixiptla -- 2.5: Animism -- 2.6: Objections and Replies -- 2.7: Conclusion
- 3: Agonistic Inamic Unity3.1: Agonistic Inamic Unity -- 3.2: Agonistic Inamic Unity as A Pattern in the Weaving of the Cosmos -- 3.3: Examining Agonistic Inamic Unity -- 3.4: Artistic Presentations of Agonistic Inamic Unity -- 3.5: Abstract Inamic Pa irs -- 3.6: Balance and Imbalance, and Center and Periphery Are Not Inamic Pairs -- 3.7: Ometeotl -- 3.8: Conclusion -- 4: Teotl as Olin -- 4.1: Olin -- 4.2: Linguistic Evidence -- 4.3: Literary Evidence -- 4.4: Graphic Evidence -- 4.5: Conclusion -- 5: Teotl as Malinalli -- 5.1: Linguistic Evidence
- 5.2: Literary Evidence5.3: Graphic Evidence -- 5.4: Conclusion -- 6: Teotl as Nepantla -- 6.1: Linguistic Evidence -- 6.2: Literary Evidence -- 6.3: Graphic Evidence -- 6.4: Conclusion -- 7: Teotl as Time-Place -- 7.1: Introductory Remarks on Time and Place -- 7.2: The Tonalpohualli -- 7.3: The Xihuitl or Xiuhpohualli -- 7.4: Aztec Cosmogony -- 7.5: Aztec Time-Place: A Monistic and Processive Interpretation -- 7.6: Conclusion -- 8: Weaving the Cosmos -- 8.1: The Dynamics of the Aztec Cosmos -- 8.2: Backstrap Weaving
- 8.3: Weaving the Fifth Sun-Earth Age8.4: The First Four Sun-Earth Ages as Nepantla-Process -- 8.5: The Fifth Age as Nepantla-Generated Woven House -- 8.6: The Vertical Folding of the Cosmos and of the Fifth Age -- 8.7: Cosmos and Reality as Nepantla-Process -- 8.8: Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
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- 878142776
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- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (609 pages)
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- online
- Isbn
- 9781607322238
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- c
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- (OCoLC)878142776
- Label
- Aztec philosophy : understanding a world in motion, James Maffie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- multicolored
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- Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Teotl -- 1.1: Teotl -- 1.2: Supporting Scholarship -- 1.3: The Cosmos as Teotl�s Artistic-Shamanic Self-Transformation -- 1.4: Some Implications of and Objections against Several Aspects of This Interpretation of Aztec Metaphysics -- 1.5: Conclusion -- 2: Pantheism -- 2.1: Pantheism -- 2.2: The Sacred -- 2.3: Neltiliztli, Self-Presentation, and Nonhierarchical Well-Ordering -- 2.4: Ixiptla and Teixiptla -- 2.5: Animism -- 2.6: Objections and Replies -- 2.7: Conclusion
- 3: Agonistic Inamic Unity3.1: Agonistic Inamic Unity -- 3.2: Agonistic Inamic Unity as A Pattern in the Weaving of the Cosmos -- 3.3: Examining Agonistic Inamic Unity -- 3.4: Artistic Presentations of Agonistic Inamic Unity -- 3.5: Abstract Inamic Pa irs -- 3.6: Balance and Imbalance, and Center and Periphery Are Not Inamic Pairs -- 3.7: Ometeotl -- 3.8: Conclusion -- 4: Teotl as Olin -- 4.1: Olin -- 4.2: Linguistic Evidence -- 4.3: Literary Evidence -- 4.4: Graphic Evidence -- 4.5: Conclusion -- 5: Teotl as Malinalli -- 5.1: Linguistic Evidence
- 5.2: Literary Evidence5.3: Graphic Evidence -- 5.4: Conclusion -- 6: Teotl as Nepantla -- 6.1: Linguistic Evidence -- 6.2: Literary Evidence -- 6.3: Graphic Evidence -- 6.4: Conclusion -- 7: Teotl as Time-Place -- 7.1: Introductory Remarks on Time and Place -- 7.2: The Tonalpohualli -- 7.3: The Xihuitl or Xiuhpohualli -- 7.4: Aztec Cosmogony -- 7.5: Aztec Time-Place: A Monistic and Processive Interpretation -- 7.6: Conclusion -- 8: Weaving the Cosmos -- 8.1: The Dynamics of the Aztec Cosmos -- 8.2: Backstrap Weaving
- 8.3: Weaving the Fifth Sun-Earth Age8.4: The First Four Sun-Earth Ages as Nepantla-Process -- 8.5: The Fifth Age as Nepantla-Generated Woven House -- 8.6: The Vertical Folding of the Cosmos and of the Fifth Age -- 8.7: Cosmos and Reality as Nepantla-Process -- 8.8: Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- 878142776
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (609 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781607322238
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
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