Moral Power : : The Magic of Witchcraft / / Koen Stroeken.
Neither power nor morality but both. Moral power is what Sukuma farmers in Tanzania in times of crisis attribute to an unknown figure they call their witch. A universal process is involved, as much bodily as social, which obstructs the patient’s recovery. Healers turn the table on the witch through...
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Stroeken, Koen, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Moral Power : The Magic of Witchcraft / Koen Stroeken. New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2010] ©2010 1 online resource (284 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Epistemologies of Healing ; 9 Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: The Meaning of Witchcraft -- 2. Why Magic Works: Systemic Healing -- 3. The Dancer: Gift and Sacrifice -- 4. Four Forms of Social Exchange -- 5. The Witch: Moral Power and Intrusion -- 6. Divination: A Healing Journey -- 7. The ‘Pure’ Reason of Witch Killing -- 8. Spirit Possession: Incarnating Moral Power -- 9. Magic, Ritual and the Senses -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Neither power nor morality but both. Moral power is what Sukuma farmers in Tanzania in times of crisis attribute to an unknown figure they call their witch. A universal process is involved, as much bodily as social, which obstructs the patient’s recovery. Healers turn the table on the witch through rituals showing that the community and the ancestral spirits side with the victim. In contrast to biomedicine, their magic and divination introduce moral values that assess the state of the system and that remove the obstacles to what is taken as key: self-healing. The implied ‘sensory shifts’ and therapeutic effectiveness have largely eluded the literature on witchcraft. This book shows how to comprehend culture other than through the prism of identity politics. It offers a framework to comprehend the rise of witch killings and human sacrifice, just as ritual initiation disappears. 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 07. Nov 2022) Witchcraft. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110998283 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781845458492 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781845458492 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781845458492/original |
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