The Xhosa diviner: Ways of understanding
It is my aim in this paper to show that although a natural scientific oriented mode of trying to explain what is being done by the Xhosa diviner, has some usefulness, it also has severe limits and should not be the approach of choice for understanding the phenomena which revolve around his work.
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1978
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| In: |
Koers
Year: 1978, Volume: 43, Issue: 5, Pages: 456-483 |
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| Summary: | It is my aim in this paper to show that although a natural scientific oriented mode of trying to explain what is being done by the Xhosa diviner, has some usefulness, it also has severe limits and should not be the approach of choice for understanding the phenomena which revolve around his work. |
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| ISSN: | 2304-8557 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Koers
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4102/koers.v43i5.1184 |
