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Moral Power - The Magic of Witchcraft (Paperback) Loot Price: R890
Discovery Miles 8 900
Moral Power - The Magic of Witchcraft (Paperback): Koen Stroeken

Moral Power - The Magic of Witchcraft (Paperback)

Koen Stroeken

Series: Epistemologies of Healing

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Neither power nor morality but both. Moral power is what Sukuma farmers in Tanzania in times of crisis attribute to an unknown figure they call their witch. A universal process is involved, as much bodily as social, which obstructs the patient's recovery. Healers turn the table on the witch through rituals showing that the community and the ancestral spirits side with the victim. In contrast to biomedicine, their magic and divination introduce moral values that assess the state of the system and that remove the obstacles to what is taken as key: self-healing. The implied 'sensory shifts' and therapeutic effectiveness have largely eluded the literature on witchcraft. This book shows how to comprehend culture other than through the prism of identity politics. It offers a framework to comprehend the rise of witch killings and human sacrifice, just as ritual initiation disappears.

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Imprint: Berghahn Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Epistemologies of Healing
Release date: June 2012
First published: June 2012
Authors: Koen Stroeken
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 978-0-85745-659-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Witchcraft
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Witchcraft
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LSN: 0-85745-659-8
Barcode: 9780857456595

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