Bizaanate, Bangan, Waanaki
Abstract Anishinaabe culture, which has been located for more than five thousand years in the Great Lakes region of North America, defines harmony as a state of peaceful existence described by the terms, bizaanate and bangan, which relate to harmonious ways of being in the world often referred to as...
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Oxford University PressNew York
2022
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197598481.003.0009 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/57960866/oso-9780197598481-chapter-9.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract Anishinaabe culture, which has been located for more than five thousand years in the Great Lakes region of North America, defines harmony as a state of peaceful existence described by the terms, bizaanate and bangan, which relate to harmonious ways of being in the world often referred to as minobimaadizi and waanaki. This chapter introduces the culture and language of the Anishinaabe people, proposes a linguistic methodology for examining philosophic concepts, and offers narrative examples of the terms related to Anishinaabe harmony. Framed by poetry and constructed through linguistic analysis, the argument in this chapter demonstrates the value of blending modes of disciplinary inquiry while adding Anishinaabe concepts to global philosophical knowledge. |
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