Moral power :: the magic of witchcraft /
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 thr...
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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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| spelling | Stroeken, Koen. author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002090947 Moral power : the magic of witchcraft / Koen Stroeken New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2010 ©2010 1 online resource (284 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Epistemologies of healing ; Volume 9 Includes bibliographical references and index Moral Power -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction: The Meaning of Witchcraft -- Chapter 2 -- Why Magic Works: Systemic Healing -- Chapter 3 -- The Dancer: Gift and Sacrifice -- Chapter 4 -- Four Forms of Social Exchange -- Chapter 5 -- The Witch: Moral Power and Intrusion -- Chapter 6 -- Divination: A Healing Journey -- Chapter 7 -- The 'Pure' Reason of Witch Killing -- Chapter 8 -- Spirit Possession: Incarnating Moral Power -- Chapter 9 -- Magic, Ritual and the Senses -- References -- Index 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 publisher's description Koen Stroeken is an associate professor of Africanist anthropology at Ghent University. He studies the moral cosmologies underlying medicine and social media online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed January 28, 2021) Witchcraft. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147143 Sorcellerie. witchcraft. aat BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Magick Studies. bisacsh BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Witchcraft & Wicca. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. bisacsh Witchcraft fast Tanzania. gtt has work: Moral power (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGJYMpwVdRdTMBprBqRbtX https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Stroeken, Koen. Moral power. New York : Berghahn Books, 2010 9781845457358 (DLC) 2010018547 (OCoLC)502029691 Epistemologies of healing ; v. 9. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005118915 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=416138 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Stroeken, Koen Moral power : the magic of witchcraft / Epistemologies of healing ; Moral Power -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction: The Meaning of Witchcraft -- Chapter 2 -- Why Magic Works: Systemic Healing -- Chapter 3 -- The Dancer: Gift and Sacrifice -- Chapter 4 -- Four Forms of Social Exchange -- Chapter 5 -- The Witch: Moral Power and Intrusion -- Chapter 6 -- Divination: A Healing Journey -- Chapter 7 -- The 'Pure' Reason of Witch Killing -- Chapter 8 -- Spirit Possession: Incarnating Moral Power -- Chapter 9 -- Magic, Ritual and the Senses -- References -- Index Witchcraft. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147143 Sorcellerie. witchcraft. aat BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Magick Studies. bisacsh BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Witchcraft & Wicca. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. bisacsh Witchcraft fast |
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