Ayahuasca: Between Cognition and Culture

This book summarizes Ismael Apud’s ethnographic research in the field of ayahuasca, conducted in Latin America and Catalonia over a period of 10 years. To analyze the variety of ayahuasca spiritual practices and beliefs, the author combines different approaches, including medical anthropology, cogni...

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Superior document:Antropologia Mèdica
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Antropologia Mèdica
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (294 p.)
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Other title:Ayahuasca
Summary:This book summarizes Ismael Apud’s ethnographic research in the field of ayahuasca, conducted in Latin America and Catalonia over a period of 10 years. To analyze the variety of ayahuasca spiritual practices and beliefs, the author combines different approaches, including medical anthropology, cognitive science of religion, history of science, and religious studies. Ismael Apud is a psychologist and anthropologist from Uruguay, with a PhD in Anthropology at Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
Access:Open access
Hierarchical level:Monograph