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Truly Human - Indigeneity and Indigenous Resurgence on Formosa (Hardcover)
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Truly Human - Indigeneity and Indigenous Resurgence on Formosa (Hardcover)
Series: Anthropological Horizons
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The Sediq and Truku Indigenous peoples on the mountainous island of
Formosa – today called Taiwan – say that their ancestors
emerged in the beginning of time from Pusu Qhuni, a tree-covered
boulder in the highlands. Living in the mountain forests, they
observed the sacred law of Gaya, seeking equilibrium with other
humans, the spirits, animals, and plants. They developed a politics
in which each community preserved its autonomy and sharing was
valued more highly than personal accumulation of goods or power.
These lifeworlds were shattered by colonialism, capitalist
development, and cultural imperialism in the twentieth century.
Based on two decades of ethnographic field research, Truly Human
portrays these peoples’ lifeworlds, teachings, political
struggles for recognition, and relations with non-human animals.
Taking seriously their ontological claims that Gaya offers moral
guidance to all humans, Scott E. Simon reflects on what this
particular form of Indigenous resurgence reveals about human
rights, sovereignty, and the good of all kind. Truly Human
contributes to a decolonizing anthropology at a time when all
humans need Indigenous land-based teachings more than ever.
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