Hans Alexander Winkler

Ghost Riders of Upper Egypt

A Study of Spirit Possession

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In 1933 the German anthropologist Hans Alexander Winkler came across a 'spirit medium' named 'Abd al-Radi in a village near Luxor in Upper Egypt. 'Abd al-Radi was periodically possessed by the ghost of his uncle, and in that state passed messages to those who came to seek help. In an intense study, Winkler lays out the construction of the world shared by the rural people, with its saints and pilgrims, snake charmers and wandering holy men, all under the overarching power of God. Winkler's book was ahead of its time in analyzing a single institution in its social context, and in showing the debates and disagreements about the meaning of such s… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-61797-259-1
EAN: 9781617972591
Produktnummer: 22570336
Verlag: I.B.Tauris
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 170 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 3'865 KB

Über den Autor

Hans Alexander Winkler (1900 45), a German anthropologist and specialist in comparative religion, received his PhD from the University of Tübingen.Nicholas S. Hopkins is emeritus professor of anthropology at the American University in Cairo.