Tag Archives: Philleo Nash anthropologist

millenarian movements: adaptation pains

Ghost dances and cargo cults, Martin Luther and Mao, the Mau Mau and Mohammed. In times of stress people look for the prophets of an earthly paradise and America is no exception. The United States may just be primed and … Continue reading

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social and cultural stress: cargo cult to the rescue

A sense of deprivation gives birth to the cult. Its driving force is invariably a form of religious fervor or secular religiosity. Its end: the destruction of the cult or the evolution of a new social order, and the cycle … Continue reading

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cargo cult: trek with the millenarian movement

Cargo cults. In times of stress, look for the prophets of an earthly paradise. A sense of deprivation gives birth to the cult. Its driving force: religious fervor and the superhuman agency. Its end: the destruction of the cult or … Continue reading

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cargo : short cut to the supernatural

Cargo cults. In times of stress look to the prophets of an earthly paradise… A question naturally arises in any examination of millenarian movements: why do they inevitably take a religious form instead of simple military or political resistance? The … Continue reading

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cargo cult: the manna is comin’

Ghost dances and cargo cults. In times of stress turn to the prophets who always appear at precisely those moments. And there has been no shortage over the course of men, women and children suffering and in dire need of … Continue reading

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deprivation theory: secret of the cargo

Cargo cults. In times of stress look for the prophets of an earthly paradise. Is America ready for its own millennial cult… The deprivation theory is most clearly illustrated by the cargo cults of Melanesia, which to our eyes seem … Continue reading

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cargo cult: ghost dancing with the deprivation theory

Ghost dance and cargo cult…In times of stress look for the prophets of an earthly paradise… How are we to explain such seemingly diverse movements as those of the Jewish Zealots and the early Christians, the Maoris of New Zealand, … Continue reading

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