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It has to be acknowledged that all legitimate public interests are not entirely coherent, therefore the most appropriate doctrinal instrument for their regulation lies in the application of legal pluralism, which recognizes inconsistencies between the different legal regimes and, in general, leaves a big margin for appreciation for policymakers on a case-by-case basis, rather than strives to reconcile all the conflict within the system, by syncretizing them into non-critical theoretical belief.
Here again, Hurston observes the African syncretizing with other cultural traditions to create something new, only possible perhaps in the hybrid environment of America.
Like many scholars, Bettelheim is willing to accept the resourcefulness and creativity of Afro-Cubans and Afro-Brazilians in syncretizing Spiritism with Catholic and African spiritual systems.
 
 
 
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