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Book reviews Imagine Ourselves Richly. Mythic Narratives oF North American Indians by Christopher Vecsey. New York: Crossroad, 1988. Marilyn Holly Marilyn Holly is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Florida. In addition to her philosophical training she has done postdoctoral research at the Carl Jung Institute in Zurich, and is interested in environmental ethics and in American Indian thought. some Hopi, Ojibwa, Iroquois, Navajo, Plains, and Nature, Supernature, and the Sacred Creek myths in the context of their respective cul- The perspective from which Christopher Vec- tures. At its best, this book sometimes, though not sey's Imagine Ourselves Richly is written is a in every case, helps us to get inside the concerns liberating one: by studying various American In- of the peoples in these several cultures, concerns dian myths from several Indian cultures we can, affected by the unique adaptational problems faced he suggests, come to imagine other alternatives for by each people in its own set of ecological, social, our own personalities and lives. Non-Indians are and historical circumstances. The myths Vecsey to some extent locked into the range of social con- has chosen from each people show the effects of cerns, personality styles and styles http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Agriculture and Human Values Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright
Subject
Philosophy; Ethics; Agricultural Economics; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; History, general; Evolutionary Biology
ISSN
0889-048X
eISSN
1572-8366
DOI
10.1007/BF02217672
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Imagine Ourselves Richly. Mythic Narratives oF North American Indians by Christopher Vecsey. New York: Crossroad, 1988. Marilyn Holly Marilyn Holly is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Florida. In addition to her philosophical training she has done postdoctoral research at the Carl Jung Institute in Zurich, and is interested in environmental ethics and in American Indian thought. some Hopi, Ojibwa, Iroquois, Navajo, Plains, and Nature, Supernature, and the Sacred Creek myths in the context of their respective cul- The perspective from which Christopher Vec- tures. At its best, this book sometimes, though not sey's Imagine Ourselves Richly is written is a in every case, helps us to get inside the concerns liberating one: by studying various American In- of the peoples in these several cultures, concerns dian myths from several Indian cultures we can, affected by the unique adaptational problems faced he suggests, come to imagine other alternatives for by each people in its own set of ecological, social, our own personalities and lives. Non-Indians are and historical circumstances. The myths Vecsey to some extent locked into the range of social con- has chosen from each people show the effects of cerns, personality styles and styles

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Agriculture and Human ValuesSpringer Journals

Published: Sep 27, 2005

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