Conjuring Hope - Healing and Magic in Contemporary Russia (Hardcover)

Notions of magic and healing have been changing over past years and are now understood as reflecting local ideas of power and agency, as well as structures of self, subjectivity and affect. This study focuses on contemporary urban Russia and, through exploring social conditions, conveys the experience of living that makes magic logical. By following people's own interpretations of the work of magic, the author succeeds in unraveling the logic of local practice and local understanding of affliction, commonly used to diagnose the experiences of illness and misfortune.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Epistemologies of Healing
Release date:	December 2005
Authors:	Galina Lindquist
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-84545-057-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > The Occult > General Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > The Occult > General
LSN:	1-84545-057-4
Barcode:	9781845450571

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