Africa - Anthropology & Sociology, Witchcraft, Wicca & Paganism - Historical, Religion - Africa, Socio-Cultural Anthropology - General & Miscellaneous
Witchcraft Dialogues: Anthropological and Philosophical Exchanges
George Clement Bond (Editor), Diane M. Ciekawy
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Overview
Bond (anthropology and education, Columbia U.) and Ciekawy (anthropology, Ohio U.) present nine chapters, penned by anthropologists and philosophers, which look at what the beliefs, practices, and other responses and actions associated with witchcraft say about the social and cultural order of particular African peoples during specific periods in their histories. Taking witchcraft to be an intimate part of a society's explanatory system, the authors discuss a range of issues of the scholarly study of witchcraft ranging across the continent of Africa, including discussions of the ethical dimensions of witchcraft, the possibilities for African philosophers to meld African "folk" oral philosophies with the Western canon of written works, the reaction of the academy to studies of witchcraft, and what witchcraft reveals about the spiritual notions of a people. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
February 1, 2002
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Pages
352
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780896802209