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To Feed and Be Fed: The Cosmological Bases of Authority and Identity in the Andes

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This book reexamines the structure of Inca society at the eve of the Spanish conquest. The creator argues that native Andean cosmology, which centered at the idea of divine rulership, mainly organized the indigenous political economy in addition to spatial and socio-kinship systems.

Ramírez begins by organising that the phrase “el Cuzco,” picked up from the native peoples by the Spanish invaders, referred not only to a spot but also to the Inca leader. This leader acted as the center of the Inca universe, connecting the people to their ancestors, nature, and every other. From this starting point, the creator revisits the Inca cosmology and looks at the way wherein the ruler and other authorities connected the people to the gods and bound a diverse polity together under divine protection. Next, the book shows how rituals immortalized these leaders and connected the people to past generations. In any case, the creator examines how a cosmology, centered at the divine nature of the king, defined the community and identity of the Andean people.

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