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Journal Article
Astrology: A Human Science?
1991
Overview
A review essay on a book by Didier Betourne & Zoe Fachan, Traite d'astrologie contemporaine. Langage du zodiaque fondamental ([A Treatise on Contemporary Astrology. The Language of the Basic Zodiac] Paris: PUF, 1990 [see listing in IRPS No. 62]). The introduction & conclusion of this text affirm, it is maintained, the pertinence of astrology to ethnology. Betourne & Fachan conceive astrology & the fundamental zodiac as human constructions that represent human laws, & therefore, are a cognitive system. The zodiac symbols, their morphology, & their syntactic relations are explained, along with the relations between astrology & individual life, collective fictions & texts, & scientific theories. The proposals to use astrology for constructing a global approach to all genres of texts, as well as the collective identity of social groups, are considered worthy of examination. Social sciences, it is concluded, should explore the usages of this tool of analysis. Adapted from the source document as translated by I. Shagrir.
