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UNINA9910810209703321 |
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Autore |
Lewis I. M. |
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Titolo |
Ecstatic religion : a study of shamanism and spirit possession / / I.M. Lewis |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-40659-2 |
1-134-40660-6 |
1-280-07076-5 |
0-585-44724-1 |
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Edizione |
[3rd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (211 p.) |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ecstasy |
Shamanism |
Spirit possession |
Religion and sociology |
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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 (p. 185-194) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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