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Beyond Rationalism : Rethinking Magic, Witchcraft, and Sorcery by Rohan Bastin; Marit Brendbekken; René Devisch; Allen Feldman; Ørnulf Gulbrandsen; Bruce Kapferer; Michael Lambek; Knut Rio; Kari G Telle is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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" . . . Kapferer's introduction is an intellectual tour de force, perhaps the most important rethinking of the problems of rationality that underlie the study of witchcraft and sorcery since Evans-Pritchard." · American Anthropologist<br> " . . . teems with interesting theoretical insights, and all the chapters are particularly strong in delineating local meanings within the framework of broader processes." · African Studies Review<br> ". . . shows that the discourses on 'occult economies' are multiple . . . The presented essays are an excellent illustration of their variety of forms and constitute a valuable contribution to their understanding." · Anthropos This book seeks a reconsideration of the phenomenon of sorcery and related categories. The contributors to the volume explore the different perspectives on human sociality and social and political constitution that practices typically understood as sorcery, magic and ritual reveal. In doing so the authors are concerned to break away from the dictates of a western externalist rationalist understanding of these phenomena without falling into the trap of mysticism. The articles address a diversity of ethnographic contexts in Afric

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Author

Rohan Bastin; Marit Brendbekken; René Devisch; Allen Feldman; Ørnulf Gulbrandsen; Bruce Kapferer; Michael Lambek; Knut Rio; Kari G Telle

Publisher

Berghahn Books, Incorporated

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780857458551

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Anthropology, Religion, Sociology