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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810209703321

Autore

Lewis I. M.

Titolo

Ecstatic religion : a study of shamanism and spirit possession / / I.M. Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-40659-2

1-134-40660-6

1-280-07076-5

0-585-44724-1

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Classificazione

08.37

73.55

Disciplina

306.6/9142

Soggetti

Ecstasy

Shamanism

Spirit possession

Religion and sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface to the third edition; TOWARDS A SOCIOLOGY OF ECSTASY; TRANCE AND POSSESSION; AFFLICTION AND ITS APOTHEOSIS; STRATEGIES OF MYSTICAL ATTACK: PROTEST AND ITS CONTAINMENT; POSSESSION AND PUBLIC MORALITY; I ANCESTOR CULTS; POSSESSION AND PUBLIC MORALITY; II OTHER COSMOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; POSSESSION AND PSYCHIATRY; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Probing the mysteries of spirit possession through the critical lens of anthropological and sociological theory, this fully revised and expanded edition is of crucial importance for students of psychology, sociology and religious mysticism.