Divination's Grasp | African Encounters with the Almost Said
Richard Werbner
ISBN 10: 0253018897 ISBN 13: 9780253018892
Editore: Indiana University Press (IPS), 2015
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Divination's Grasp | African Encounters with the Almost Said | Richard Werbner | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2015 | Indiana University Press (IPS) | EAN 9780253018892 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Codice articolo 104749313
Riassunto:
Richard Werbner takes readers on a journey though contemporary charismatic wisdom divination in southern Africa. Beginning with the silent language of the divinatory lots, Werbner deciphers the everyday, metaphorical, and poetic language that is used to reveal their meaning. Through Werbner's skillful interpretations of the language of divination, a picture of Tswapong moral imagination is revealed. Concerns about dignity and personal illumination, witchcraft, pollution, the anger of dead ancestors, as well as the nature of life, truth, cosmic harmony, being, and becoming emerge in this charged African setting.
Informazioni sull'autore:
Richard Werbner is Professor Emeritus in African Anthropology at the University of Manchester. He is author of Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana (IUP).
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Titolo: Divination's Grasp | African Encounters with...
Casa editrice: Indiana University Press (IPS)
Data di pubblicazione: 2015
Legatura: Taschenbuch
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