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Witchcraft, Power and Politics
Exploring the Occult in the South African Lowveld
Taschenbuch von Isak Niehaus (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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This is an extraordinary account of witchcraft and witch-hunting in the modern world. A powerful ethnographic study of witch-hunting in 1980s South Africa - a period of rapid social change - this book demonstrates the extent to which witchcraft must be seen, not as a residue of 'traditional' culture but as part of a complex social drama which is deeply embedded in contemporary political and economic processes.

Isak Niehaus provides the context for this fascinating study of witchcraft practices. He shows how witchcraft was politicised against the backdrop of the apartheid state, the liberation struggle and the establishment of the first post-apartheid regime, which all affected conceptions of witchcraft. Niehaus demonstrates how the ANC and other political groups used witchcraft beliefs to further their own agenda. He explores the increasingly conservative role of the chiefs and the Christian church. In the process, he reveals the fraught nature of intergenerational and gender relations.

The result is a truly insightful and theoretically engaged account of a much-studied but frequently misunderstood practice.
This is an extraordinary account of witchcraft and witch-hunting in the modern world. A powerful ethnographic study of witch-hunting in 1980s South Africa - a period of rapid social change - this book demonstrates the extent to which witchcraft must be seen, not as a residue of 'traditional' culture but as part of a complex social drama which is deeply embedded in contemporary political and economic processes.

Isak Niehaus provides the context for this fascinating study of witchcraft practices. He shows how witchcraft was politicised against the backdrop of the apartheid state, the liberation struggle and the establishment of the first post-apartheid regime, which all affected conceptions of witchcraft. Niehaus demonstrates how the ANC and other political groups used witchcraft beliefs to further their own agenda. He explores the increasingly conservative role of the chiefs and the Christian church. In the process, he reveals the fraught nature of intergenerational and gender relations.

The result is a truly insightful and theoretically engaged account of a much-studied but frequently misunderstood practice.
Über den Autor
Isak Niehaus is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Esoterik & Anthroposophie
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Anthropology, Culture and Society
ISBN-13: 9780745315584
ISBN-10: 0745315585
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Niehaus, Isak
Mohlala, Eliazaar
Shokaneo, Kally
Hersteller: Pluto Press
Anthropology, Culture and Society
Maße: 216 x 140 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Isak Niehaus (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.05.2001
Gewicht: 0,388 kg
Artikel-ID: 123690362
Über den Autor
Isak Niehaus is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Esoterik & Anthroposophie
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Anthropology, Culture and Society
ISBN-13: 9780745315584
ISBN-10: 0745315585
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Niehaus, Isak
Mohlala, Eliazaar
Shokaneo, Kally
Hersteller: Pluto Press
Anthropology, Culture and Society
Maße: 216 x 140 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Isak Niehaus (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.05.2001
Gewicht: 0,388 kg
Artikel-ID: 123690362
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