Divine Kingship and the Meaning of History Among the Sakalava of Madagascar

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2572145
AutoresGillian Feeley‐harnik (autor de correspondencia), Gillian Feeley-Harnik
Año1978
Volumen13
Número3
Páginas402
Fecha de publicación1978-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMan (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0025-1496 • E-ISSN: 2397-2548
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2801937
OpenAlexW93070791
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas29

Myth and history are not so different as was once thought. People may have different interpretations of the same 'historical facts'. History may therefore be used like myth to support alternative social programmes. Some would even argue that there are no 'historical facts', but only interpretations: that there is no history which is not a purely existential invention, bound to the culture that conceived it. Why should some people have invented histories for themselves, while others have not? What is the significance of history itself as a form of classifying experience? In order to answer these kinds of questions, it is necessary to put histories into their particular cultural and social contexts, that is, to relate the creation and use of history to other ideas about time, persons, and things. Among the Sakalava of western Madagascar, history is a powerful embodiment of the royal ancestors who constitute the foundation of their system of government

Ancient history · Epistemology · Geography · Meaning (existential · Monarchy · Political science · Politics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Philosophy