LEADER 04447nam 2200721 450 001 9910455757203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-99727-7 010 $a9786611997274 010 $a1-4426-7653-1 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442676534 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004148 035 $a(EBL)3251369 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000301131 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11223897 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000301131 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10259456 035 $a(PQKB)11121563 035 $a(CaPaEBR)417525 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600857 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3251369 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671660 035 $a(DE-B1597)464596 035 $a(OCoLC)944178026 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442676534 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671660 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257364 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL199727 035 $a(OCoLC)958571609 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004148 100 $a20160922h19931993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKnowledge and practice in Mayotte $elocal discourses of Islam, sorcery and spirit possession /$fMichael Lambek 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1993. 210 4$dİ1993 215 $a1 online resource (499 p.) 225 1 $aAnthropological Horizons 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-7783-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tTables and Figures -- $tPreface -- $tStylistic Conventions and Conundrums -- $tDramatis Personae -- $t1. Knowledge and Hubris -- $t2. Locating Knowledge in Mayotte: Structure, History, and Practice -- $t3. Village Organization and the Distribution of Knowledge -- $t4. Islam: The Perspective from the Path -- $t5. Educating Citizens: The Reproduction of Textual Knowledge -- $t6. Islamic Experts: Practice and Power -- $t7. Knowledge with Power: The Discipline of Cosmology -- $t8. Knowledge and Antipractice: Committing Sorcery -- $t9. Removing Sorcery: Committing (to) the Cure -- $t10. The Reproduction of Possession: Gaining a Voice -- $t11. Tumbu and Mohedja: Excerpts from the Healers' Practice -- $t12. Granaries, Turtles, and the Whole Damn Thing -- $tEpilogue, 1992 -- $tNotes -- $tA Short Glossary of Words Commonly Used in the Text -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aOn the East African island of Mayotte, Islam co-exists with two other systems of understanding and interpreting the world around its inhabitants: cosmology and spirit-mediumship. In a witty, evocative style accessible to both the specialist and non-specialist reader, Michael Lambek provides a significant contribution to writing on African systems of thought, on local forms of religious and therapeutic practice, on social accountability, and on the place of explicit forms of knowledge in the analysis of non-western societies.The "objectified" textual knowledge characteristic of Islam and of cosmology is contrasted with the "embodied" knowledge of spirit possession. Lambek emphasizes the power and authority constituted by each discipline, as well as the challenge that each kind of knowledge presents to the others and their resolution in daily practice. "Disciplines" are defined as an organized body of practitioners or adepts, a concept precise and useful when applied to the contexts of Lambek's own research and equally so in the study of comparable environments elsewhere.Essential reading for those interested in the comparative study of Islamic societies, Lambek's argument directly contributes to the main anthropological arguments of the day concerning the social and cultural basis of systems of knowledge and ethnographic strategies for depicting them. 410 0$aAnthropological horizons. 606 $aIslam$zMayotte 606 $aSpirit possession$zMayotte 606 $aKnowledge, Theory of (Islam) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIslam 615 0$aSpirit possession 615 0$aKnowledge, Theory of (Islam) 676 $a306.6/09694 700 $aLambek$b Michael$0144296 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455757203321 996 $aKnowledge and practice in Mayotte$9506628 997 $aUNINA