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The Metaphysics of Modern Existence
About this book
From the most widely read Native American intellectual comes a book that searches for the structure and meaning of reality. Synthesizing ideas from some of the most eminent philosophers of modern times- ideas that have hitherto been given only a perfunctory examination- Vine Deloria Jr. juxtaposes Native American thinking with Western thought.
One of Deloria's most controversial books, The Metaphysics of Modern Existence emphasizes that Native Americans have consistently perceived their realities experientially, confronting the reality of the experience, whereas Westerners often hold academic learning and theories above experience. This difference in perception and thought has had and continues to have very real environmental and political ramifications, not to mention personal and social consequences. Deloria's Metaphysics adroitly answers the often unasked question: what does an Indian think about the modern world.
One of Deloria's most controversial books, The Metaphysics of Modern Existence emphasizes that Native Americans have consistently perceived their realities experientially, confronting the reality of the experience, whereas Westerners often hold academic learning and theories above experience. This difference in perception and thought has had and continues to have very real environmental and political ramifications, not to mention personal and social consequences. Deloria's Metaphysics adroitly answers the often unasked question: what does an Indian think about the modern world.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Half Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword by Daniel R. Wildcat
- Introduction
- Chapter One: A Planet in Transition
- Chapter Two: Transforming Reality
- Chapter Three: A Divided Vision
- Chapter Four: Space-Time
- Chapter Five: The Process of Life
- Chapter Six: Whither Evolutionists?
- Chapter Seven: The Structure of Life
- Chapter Eight: Transforming Instincts
- Chapter Nine: The Human Mind
- Chapter Ten: The Quickening Pace
- Chapter Eleven: Our Social Groupings
- Chapter Twelve: Our Transforming Institutions
- Chapter Thirteen: Expanding the Legal Universe
- Chapter Fourteen: The Charismatic Model
- Chapter Fifteen: Tribal Religious Realities
- Chapter Sixteen: The Traumatic Planetary Past
- Chapter Seventeen: Theologians and Scientists
- Chapter Eighteen: The Future of Theology
- Chapter Nineteen: The Transformation of Science
- Chapter Twenty: The Metaphysics of Modern Existence
- Afterword by David E. Wilkins
- Appendix: The Emerging Dissident Literature
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Author