Moral Power
The Magic of Witchcraft
Koen Stroeken's work is fascinating, thought-provoking, theoretically challenging and ethnographically penetrating. It is anthropology, yes, and very true anthropology for that matter, but it is also a deep and unsettling experience finding its voice. · Per Brandström, Uppsala UniversityThe book is thoroughly engaging and a timely contribution to the literature on witchcraft. It may be found too provocative and controversial for some, but I appreciated the analysis as a useful interrogation of the 'certainties' of much anthropological theory and practice in the study of magic and witchcraft. · Joanne Thobeka Wreford, University of Capetow…
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- ISBN: 978-1-84545-735-8
- EAN: 9781845457358
- Produktnummer: 16113528
- Verlag: Berghahn Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 284 S.
- Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.1 cm x D1.9 cm 595 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 595
Über den Autor
Koen Stroeken is an associate professor of Africanist anthropology at Ghent University. He studies the moral cosmologies underlying medicine and social media.
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