ISBN:
0-422-73200-1
,
978-0-422-73200-0
ISSN:
0567-414X
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
xxxviii, 387 Seiten
,
Tabellen, Karten
Serie:
ASA Monographs 9
Schlagwort(e):
Magie Hexerei
;
Europa
;
Amerika
;
Afrika
;
Mittlerer Osten
;
Evans-Pritchard, Edward E. (Festschrift)
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Editor`s Preface -- Mary Douglas: Introduction: Thirty Years after Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic -- Part I The Context of Witchcraft in Europe -- 1. Norman Cohn: The Myth of Satan and his Human Servants -- 2. Peter Brown: Sorcery, Demons, and the Rise of Christianity from Late Antiquity into the Middle Ages -- 3. Keith Thomas: The Relevance of Social Anthropology to the Historical Study of English Witchcraft -- 4. Alan Macfarlane: Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart Essex -- Part II Cleansing and Confession of Witches -- 5. Alison Redmayne: Chikanga: An African Diviner with an International Reputation -- 6. R. G. Willis: Instant Millennium: The Sociology of African Witchcleansing Cults -- 7. Edwin Ardener: Witchcraft, Economics, and the Continuity of Belief -- Part III Idioms of Power -- 9. Julian Pitt-Rivers: Spiritual Power in Central America: The Naguals of Chiapas -- 10. Esther Goody: Legitimate and Illegitimate Aggression in a West African State -- 11. Peter Rivière: Factions and Exclusions in Two South American Village Systems -- 12. Anthony Forge: Prestige, Influence, and Sorcery: A New Guinea Example -- Part IV Alternative Interpretations of Misfortune -- 13. Godfrey Lienhardt: The Situation of Death: An Aspect of Anuak Philosophy -- 14. I. M. Lewis: A Structural Approach to Witchcraft and Spiritpossession -- 15. Brian Spooner: The Evil Eye in the Middle East -- 16. G. I. Jones: A Boundary to Accusations -- 17. Malcolm Ruel: Were-animals and the Introverted Witch -- 18. T. O. Beidelman: Towards More Open Theoretical Interpretations -- Notes on contributors -- Author index -- Subject Index
Anmerkung:
Enthält 18 Beiträge"[M]ainly from papers presented at the annual conference on the Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth on the theme of witchcraft [...] held at King's College, Cambridge, 3-6 April, 1968." (Rückseite des Titelblattes"; "The papers are offered as a tribute to Professor E. E. Evans-Pritchard" (Seite V)
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