Fate Calculation Experts : : Diviners Seeking Legitimation in Contemporary China / / Geng Li.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Li, Geng,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Asian Anthropologies ; 9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (158 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. The Social and Political Status of Divination in China --; Chapter 2. The Practice of Divination and Diviners --; Chapter 3. Typical Customers of Divination --; Chapter 4. The Moral Discourses of Divination --; Chapter 5. Divination as an Aspect of ‘Traditional Culture’ --; Chapter 6. Divination as Counselling --; Chapter 7. The Professionalization of Divination through Associations --; Conclusion --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781785339950; 9783110997729
• DOI: 10.1515/9781785339950?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Geng Li.

Having long been stigmatized as an immoral and even illegal “superstition”, the popular practice of divination is experiencing a revival in contemporary China. Fate Calculation Experts explores how diviners attempt to achieve legitimation in a society which identifies strongly with modernity, science, and rationality. As well as associating with modern knowledge production systems, diviners build a positive social image for their occupation via claims to moral authority and appeals to “tradition”. Beyond matters of image management, diviners’ efforts towards legitimation also figure in the social relationships and fundamental cultural values they develop in their practice.