Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture

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In Abyssinian poetry, the “wax” is the most obvious that means, the “gold” is the hidden that means. In Wax and Gold, Donald N. Levine explores mid-to-late-twentieth-century Ethiopian society at the same two levels, the usage of brand new sociology and psychology to searching for answers to the next questions: What’s the nature of the standard culture of the dominant ethnic group, the Amhara, and what are its enduring values? What aspects of brand new culture interest this society and by what means has it sought to institutionalize them? How has tradition both facilitated and hampered Ethiopian efforts to modernize? Enriched by way of Ethiopian literature and by Levine’s deep knowledge of and affection for the society of which he writes, Wax and Gold is both a scholarly and a personal work.

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