Falen Douglas J. African Science: Witchcraft, Vodun, and Healing in Southern Benin 9780299318901

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Автор: Falen Douglas J.
Название: African Science: Witchcraft, Vodun, and Healing in Southern Benin
ISBN: 9780299318901
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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История Африки

Социальная теория

Социальная и культурная антропология, этнография

ISBN-10: 0299318907
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 240
Вес: 0.50 кг.
Дата издания: 30.10.2018
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 16 black & white illustrations
Размер: 229 x 152 x 12
Ключевые слова: African history,Social theory,Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, HISTORY / Africa / West,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion
Подзаголовок: Witchcraft, vodun, and healing in southern benin
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: In this sensitive and personal investigation into Benins occult world, Douglas J. Falen wrestles with the challenges of encountering a reality in which magic, science, and the Vodun religion converge into a single universal force. He takes seriously his Beninese interlocutors insistence that the indigenous phenomenon known as ?ze (witchcraft) is an African science, credited with fantastic and productive deeds, such as teleportation and supernatural healing.Although the Beninese understanding of ?ze reflects positive scientific properties in its use of specialized knowledge to harness natures energy and realize economic success, its boundless power is inherently ambivalent because it can corrupt its users, who dispense death and destruction. Witches and healers are equivalent to supervillains and superheroes, locked in epic battles over malevolent and benevolent human desires. Beninese peoples discourse about such mystical confrontations expresses a philosophy of moral duality and cosmic balance. Falen demonstrates how a deep engagement with another lived reality opens our minds and contributes to understanding across cultural difference.
Дополнительное описание: Social and cultural anthropology|Social theory|African history

African Science: Witchcraft, Vodun, and Healing in Southern Benin, Falen Douglas J.