Open AccessTendencias conservadoras y revolucionarias indígenas
Author(s) -
Aleksander Posern-Zieliński
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
estudios latinoamericanos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0137-3080
DOI - 10.36447/estudios1974.v2.art3
Subject(s) - christianization , indigenous , movement (music) , colonialism , phenomenon , colonization , social movement , ethnology , geography , humanities , history , political science , art , ecology , biology , politics , archaeology , philosophy , aesthetics , law , epistemology , christianity
Indigenous social movements originated as a means of opposing colonization and Christianization. The intensity of this phenomenon has significantly increased in the 19th Century when colonialism peaked. Posern-Zieliński selected three examples of such movements: the Venezuelan eschatological-fatalist Yaruro movement, the millennialist-prophetic Tukana movement from Brasil and the syncretic-evangelic cults from Argentina. These three movements are used to analyze the role of such movements in societal change and conservation.