War magic: religion, sorcery, and performance
This compelling volume explores how war magic and warrior religion unleash the power of the gods, demons, ghosts, and the dead. Documenting war magic and warrior religion as they are performed in diverse cultures and across historical time periods, this volume foregrounds embodiment, practice, and p...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Υπηρεσία παραγγελιών Subito: | Παραγγείλετε τώρα. |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Έκδοση: |
New York, [New York] ;
berghahn
2016
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| Στο/Στη: | Έτος: 2016 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Πόλεμος (μοτίβο)
/ Μαγεία (μοτίβο)
/ Σαμανισμός
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| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Shamanism
B Magic B War Religious aspects B War B Electronic books B War and society |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Παράλληλη έκδοση: | Μη ηλεκτρονικά
Print version: Farrer, Douglas: War Magic : Religion, Sorcery, and Performance. - New York, NY : Berghahn Books,c2016. - 9781785333293 |
| Σύνοψη: | This compelling volume explores how war magic and warrior religion unleash the power of the gods, demons, ghosts, and the dead. Documenting war magic and warrior religion as they are performed in diverse cultures and across historical time periods, this volume foregrounds embodiment, practice, and performance in anthropological approaches to magic, sorcery, shamanism, and religion. The authors go beyond what magic ‘represents’ to consider what magic does. From Chinese exorcists, Javanese spirit siblings, and black magic in Sumatra to Tamil Tiger suicide bombers, Chamorro spiritual re-enchantment, tantric Buddhist war magic, and Yanomami dark shamans, religion and magic are re-evaluated not just from the practitioner’s perspective but through the victim’s lived experience. These original investigations reveal a nuanced approach to understanding social action, innovation, and the revitalization of tradition in colonial and post-colonial societies undergoing rapid social transformation. |
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| ISBN: | 1785333305 |