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UNINA9910493711603321 |
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Titolo |
Beyond rationalism : rethinking magic, witchcraft, and sorcery / / edited by Bruce Kapferer |
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New York : , : Berghahn Books, , [2003] |
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©2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-57181-418-3 |
0-85745-855-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (282 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Witchcraft |
Occultism |
Rationalism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Beyond Vodou and Anthroposophy in the Dominican-Haitian Boarderlands; Chapter 3: The Smell of Death: Theft, Disgust, and Ritual Practice in Central Lombok, Indonesia; Chapter 4: Sorcery, Modernity and the Constitutive Imaginary: Hybridising Continuities; Chapter 5: The Sorcerer as an Absented Third Person: Formations of Fear and Anger in Vanuatu; Chapter 6: Sorcerous Technologies and Religious Innovation in Sri Lanka; Chapter 7: Maleficent Fetishes and the Sensual Order of the Uncanny in South-West Congo |
Chapter 8: Fantasy in Practice: Projection and Introjection, or the Witch and the Spirit-MediumChapter 9: The Discourse of 'Ritual Murder': Popular Reaction to Political Leaders in Botswana; Chapter 10: Strange Fruit: The South African Truth Commission and the Demonic Economies of Violence; Contributors; Indexes |
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