Laënnec Hurbon (sometimes anglicised as Laennec Hurbon; born 1940) is a Haitian sociologist and writer specialising in the relationships between

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and

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in the

Caribbean region The Caribbean region of Colombia or Caribbean coast region is in the north of Colombia and is mainly composed of 8 departments located contiguous to the Caribbean.Jacmel Jacmel (; ht, Jakmèl) is a commune in southern Haiti founded by the Spanish in 1504 and repopulated by the French in 1698. It is the capital of the department of Sud-Est, 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Port-au-Prince across the Tiburon Peninsu ...

, a

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in southern Haiti. He is Doctor of Theology (

Institut Catholique de Paris The Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP), known in English as the Catholic University of Paris (and in Latin as ''Universitas catholica Parisiensis''), is a private university located in Paris, France. History: 1875–present The Institut Catholiq ...

) and Sociology (

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), director of research at CNRS and professor at the Quisqueya University in Port-au-Prince, of which he is one of the founding members. Today he focuses on the relationships between religion, culture and politics in the Caribbean region and has written many books on Haitian Vodou. His notable publications are the (1972) and (1987), which have been described as "two classics" of the author; and the "small 'big book'" – (1993; US ed. – '' Voodoo: Search for the Spirit''), which is a heavily illustrated pocket book from

Éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles. Founded by Ga ...

's " Découvertes" collection. He also edited a collective work entitled (2014).

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.'' Collection " Découvertes Gallimard" (nº 190). série Religions. Éditions Gallimard, 1993 ** '' Voodoo: Truth and Fantasy'', 'New Horizons' series. Thames & Hudson, 1995. UK edition ** ''Voodoo: Search for the Spirit'', "Abrams Discoveries" series. Harry N. Abrams, 1995. U.S. edition

Publication edited by Hurbon

* ''Catastrophes et environnement : Haïti, séisme du 12 janvier 2010.'' Éditions de l'

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, 2014. Various authors.

Interviews with Hurbon

A crise do Haiti é reflexo da corrupção com endosso internacional. Entrevista especial com Laënnec Hurbon
2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hurbon, Laënnec 1940 births Living people Haitian sociologists Sociologists of religion Institut Catholique de Paris alumni Paris-Sorbonne University alumni The New York Review of Books people Haitian Vodou researchers Haitian Roman Catholic priests Haitian expatriates in France People from Jacmel 20th-century Roman Catholic theologians 21st-century Roman Catholic theologians