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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication date
October 15, 1997
Pages
367
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780226424118
ISBN-10
0226424111
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.85 lbs.
Original list price
$106.00
Other format details
university press
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Sorcery has long been associated with the "dark side" of human development. Along with magic and witchcraft, it is assumed to be irrational and antithetical to modern thought. But in The Feast of the Sorcerer, Bruce Kapferer argues that sorcery practices reveal critical insights into how consciousness is formed and how human beings constitute their social and political realities.
Kapferer focuses on sorcery among Sinhalese Buddhists in Sri Lanka to explore how the art of sorcery is in fact deeply connected to social practices and lived experiences such as birth, death, sickness, and war. He describes in great detail the central ritual of exorcism, a study which opens up new avenues of thought that challenge anthropological approaches to such topics as the psychological forces of emotion and the dynamics of power. Overcoming both "orientalist" bias and postmodern permissiveness, Kapferer compellingly reframes sorcery as a pragmatic, conscious practice which, through its dynamic of destruction and creation, makes it possible for humans to reconstruct repeatedly their relation to the world.
Kapferer focuses on sorcery among Sinhalese Buddhists in Sri Lanka to explore how the art of sorcery is in fact deeply connected to social practices and lived experiences such as birth, death, sickness, and war. He describes in great detail the central ritual of exorcism, a study which opens up new avenues of thought that challenge anthropological approaches to such topics as the psychological forces of emotion and the dynamics of power. Overcoming both "orientalist" bias and postmodern permissiveness, Kapferer compellingly reframes sorcery as a pragmatic, conscious practice which, through its dynamic of destruction and creation, makes it possible for humans to reconstruct repeatedly their relation to the world.
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Hardcover
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from Univ of Chicago Pr (October 15, 1997)
9780226424118 | details & prices | 367 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.85 lbs | List price $106.00
About: Sorcery has long been associated with the "dark side" of human development.
About: Sorcery has long been associated with the "dark side" of human development.
Paperback
from Univ of Chicago Pr (October 15, 1997)
9780226424132 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $48.00
About: Sorcery has long been associated with the "dark side" of human development.
About: Sorcery has long been associated with the "dark side" of human development.
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