Laënnec Hurbon

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Laënnec Hurbon
Born1940 (age 83–84)
Jacmel, Haiti
NationalityHaitian
Alma materInstitut Catholique de Paris, Sorbonne University
OccupationSociologist of religion[1]

Laënnec Hurbon (sometimes anglicised as Laennec Hurbon; born 1940) is a Haitian sociologist and writer specialised in the relationships between religion, culture and politics in the Caribbean region.[2] He is an ex-priest turned researcher and writer.[3][4]

Career

Hurbon was born in Jacmel, a commune in southern Haiti. He is Doctor of Theology (Institut Catholique de Paris) and Sociology (Sorbonne University),[5] director of research at CNRS and professor at the Quisqueya University in Port-au-Prince, of which he is one of the founding members.[6] Today he focuses on the relationships between religion, culture and politics in the Caribbean region and has written many books on Haitian Vodou.[6]

His notable publications are the Dieu dans le Vaudou haïtien (1972) and Le Barbare imaginaire (1987), which have been described as “two classics” of the author; and the “small ‘big book’” – Les mystères du vaudou (1993, US ed. – Voodoo: Search for the Spirit),[7] which is a heavily illustrated pocket book from Éditions Gallimard’s “Découvertes” collection. He also edited a collective work entitled Catastrophes et environnement : Haïti, séisme du 12 janvier 2010 (2014).[8]

Publications

Publications by Hurbon

  • Dieu dans le Vaudou haïtien. Éditions Payot, 1972
  • Culture et dictature en Haïti : l’imaginaire sous contrôle. L’Harmattan, 1979
  • Le Barbare imaginaire. Éditions Henri Deschamps, 1987
  • Comprendre Haïti : Essai sur l’État, la nation, la culture. Karthala, 1987
  • Le phénomène religieux dans la Caraïbe. Karthala, 1989
  • Les mystères du vaudou. Découvertes Gallimard (nº 190). série Religions. Éditions Gallimard, 1993
    • Voodoo: Truth and Fantasy. New Horizons. Thames & Hudson, 1995. UK edition
    • Voodoo: Search for the Spirit. Abrams Discoveries. Abrams Books, 1995. U.S. edition

Publication edited by Hurbon

  • Catastrophes et environnement : Haïti, séisme du 12 janvier 2010. Éditions de l’EHESS, 2014. Various authors.

References

  1. ^ "Les mystères du vaudou, collection Découvertes Gallimard (n° 190)". Éditions Gallimard. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  2. ^ "Biographie de Laënnec Hurbon". France Culture (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  3. ^ "The More Things Change-- Human Rights in Haiti". Google Books. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  4. ^ Joseph, Celucien L. (2016-08-31). "Redefining cultural, national, and religious identity: The Christian–Vodouist dialogue?". SAGE Journals. SAGE Publications. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  5. ^ "Laënnec Hurbon : Sociologue haïtien". bibliomonde.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  6. ^ a b Hurbon, Laënnec (1995). Voodoo: Truth and Fantasy. ‘New Horizons’ series. Translated by Frankel, Lory. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-500-30049-7. About the author
  7. ^ Bellegarde-Smith, Patrick (2000). "Review – Voodoo: Search for the Spirit. By Laënnec Hurbon". JSTOR 41715072. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ "BIOGRAPHY: Laënnec Hurbon". ideas4development.org. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
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