Shamanism : A Reader Paperback / softback
Edited by Graham (University of Winchester, UK) Harvey
Paperback / softback
Description
Shamanism has been practised amongst communities all over the world for millennia, and continues to survive today in both modern and ancient forms.
Shamanism: A Reader unites perspectives from disciplines including anthropology, psychology, musicology, and botany to provide an unique overview of modern writing on shamanism.
Juxtaposing the traditional practices of indigenous peoples with their new and often radically urban reinterpretations, experts including Michael Harner, Milhaly Hoppal, Majorie M Balzer and Piers Vitebsky raise questions about constructions of shamanism, its efficacy, its use and misuse as a cultural symbol, and its real nature. Locating its material in the encounter between traditional and contemporary, and within many forms of response to the image of the shaman, Shamanism: A Reader is an essential tribute to the vitality and breadth of shamanic tradition both among its original practitioners of Europe, tribes of America and Asia, and within seemingly familiar aspects of the modern west.
Representing the best of classic and current scholarship, and highlighting the diversity of approaches to shamanism in an accessible and user-friendly way, this clearly introduced and organized collection sets a new standard for shamanic study in terms of the breadth and depth of its coverage.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:480 pages, 1 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:03/10/2002
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- ISBN:9780415253307
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:480 pages, 1 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:03/10/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415253307
