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Fate Calculation Experts - Diviners Seeking Legitimation in Contemporary China (Hardcover)
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Fate Calculation Experts - Diviners Seeking Legitimation in Contemporary China (Hardcover)
Series: Asian Anthropologies
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Having long been stigmatized as an immoral and even illegal
"superstition", the popular practice of divination is experiencing
a revival in contemporary China. Fate Calculation Experts explores
how diviners attempt to achieve legitimation in a society which
identifies strongly with modernity, science, and rationality. As
well as associating with modern knowledge production systems,
diviners build a positive social image for their occupation via
claims to moral authority and appeals to "tradition". Beyond
matters of image management, diviners' efforts towards legitimation
also figure in the social relationships and fundamental cultural
values they develop in their practice.
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