Non-humains (« esprits ») et cycles saisonnier et circadien chez les Inuit canadiens

In Inuit thought, the perceptible world was not only populated by humans and animals, but also by a multitude of nonhuman beings (other than animals), often called “spirits”, with the most varied characteristics imaginable and forming original societies. However, one trait seems to distinguish them...

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Main Author: Guy Bordin
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Language:fra
Published: Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative 2020-07-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ateliers/13450
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description In Inuit thought, the perceptible world was not only populated by humans and animals, but also by a multitude of nonhuman beings (other than animals), often called “spirits”, with the most varied characteristics imaginable and forming original societies. However, one trait seems to distinguish them from what ethnographers quite often report about their investigations across the continents: Inuit nonhumans appear not to be ontologically linked to the world of night and darkness. Here this unique feature is linked to that other keystone of Inuit thought which see continuity rather than opposition in relations between darkness and light, night and day.
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Non-humains (« esprits ») et cycles saisonnier et circadien chez les Inuit canadiens
Ateliers d'Anthropologie
spirits
night
circadian cycle
Inuit
nonhumans
seasonal cycle
title Non-humains (« esprits ») et cycles saisonnier et circadien chez les Inuit canadiens
title_full Non-humains (« esprits ») et cycles saisonnier et circadien chez les Inuit canadiens
title_fullStr Non-humains (« esprits ») et cycles saisonnier et circadien chez les Inuit canadiens
title_full_unstemmed Non-humains (« esprits ») et cycles saisonnier et circadien chez les Inuit canadiens
title_short Non-humains (« esprits ») et cycles saisonnier et circadien chez les Inuit canadiens
title_sort non humains esprits et cycles saisonnier et circadien chez les inuit canadiens
topic spirits
night
circadian cycle
Inuit
nonhumans
seasonal cycle
url https://journals.openedition.org/ateliers/13450
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