Fate Calculation Experts : : Diviners Seeking Legitimation in Contemporary China / / 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, scienc...
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Li, Geng, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Fate Calculation Experts : Diviners Seeking Legitimation in Contemporary China / Geng Li. New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2019] ©2019 1 online resource (158 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Asian Anthropologies ; 9 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024) Divination China. Religion and state China. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. bisacsh Legitmation, Chinese Divination, Anthropology of China, Superstition, Fortune Telling, Contemporary China. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2019 9783110997729 ZDB-23-BHBO print 9781785339943 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785339950?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781785339950 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781785339950/original |
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