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Although the Beninese understanding of àze reflects positive scientific properties in its use of specialized knowledge to harness nature's energy and realize economic success, its boundless power is inherently ambivalent because it can corrupt its users, who dispense death and destruction. Witches and healers are equivalent to supervillains and superheroes, locked in epic battles over malevolent and benevolent human desires. Beninese people's discourse about such mystical confrontations expresses a philosophy of moral duality and cosmic balance. Falen demonstrates how a deep engagement with another lived reality opens our minds and contributes to understanding across cultural difference.
Although the Beninese understanding of àze reflects positive scientific properties in its use of specialized knowledge to harness nature's energy and realize economic success, its boundless power is inherently ambivalent because it can corrupt its users, who dispense death and destruction. Witches and healers are equivalent to supervillains and superheroes, locked in epic battles over malevolent and benevolent human desires. Beninese people's discourse about such mystical confrontations expresses a philosophy of moral duality and cosmic balance. Falen demonstrates how a deep engagement with another lived reality opens our minds and contributes to understanding across cultural difference.
- • List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Note on Fon Transcription and Pronunciation
• Introduction
• 1 Àzě and Bǒ: Witchcraft and Sorcery in Benin
• 2 Black and White: Witchcraft, Science, and Identity
• 3 Whose Reality?
• 4 Religion and the Occult: Opposition and Connection
• 5 Healing and the Globalization of Witchcraft
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780299318901 |
| ISBN-10: | 0299318907 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Falen, Douglas J. |
| Hersteller: | University of Wisconsin Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 159 x 237 x 21 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Douglas J. Falen |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.10.2018 |
| Gewicht: | 0,51 kg |
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