Cosmologies

Authors

  • Sylvie Poirier Université Laval

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17184/eac.anthropen.032

Keywords:

Ontologies, Worldview, Rationalities, Theories of the universe, Non human, Myths, Indigenous

Abstract

Cosmologies refer to local theories on the origin, composition and dynamics of the universe (cosmos), on its spatial and temporal properties, on the powers and beings, human and non-human, which constitute it. This knowledge in movement is inscribed in a historicity, and its study keeps all its relevance for the understanding of contemporary worlds.

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Published

2016-12-18