Progress and Its Impact on the Nagas: A Clash of Worldviews

ISBN-13: 9781138547001 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 216 str.

Tezenlo Thong

Opis

This book details how the interaction between the Nagas and the West, beginning with how the British military conquest, followed by American missionary intrusion of Naga soil, has resulted in the gradual demise of Naga culture. Consequences are still being felt in the lack of sense of direction and confusion among Nagas today. As other indigenous peoples whose recent history is characterized by the traumatic cultural disruption caused by colonial interference, the Nagas have long engaged in self-shame, self-negation and self-sabotage.

Spis treści

Introduction  1 The Notion of Progress in Perspective  2 The Notion of Progress – Its Application and Ramifications  3 The British Colonization of the Nagas  4 The American Missionization of the Nagas  5 Colonial Portrait and the Colonizing of the Mind  6 The Notion of Progress and Contemporary Nagas  Conclusion: The Future Lies in the Past

O autorze

Tezenlo Thong received his PhD degree in Religious and Theological Studies from the University of Denver and the Iliff School of Theology. His academic interests include indigenous cultures and religious traditions and colonization, proselytization and their impact on cultures at the periphery.