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Douglas Farrer War Magic (Paperback)
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- Condition
- Book Title
- War Magic
- Publication Name
- War Magic
- Title
- War Magic
- Subtitle
- Religion, Sorcery, and Performance
- Contributor
- Douglas Farrer (Edited by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1785333291
- EAN
- 9781785333293
- ISBN
- 9781785333293
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- Genre
- Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion, Social Science
- Topic
- Shamanism, Sociology / General, Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Magick Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology of Religion
- Release Date
- 01/09/2016
- Release Year
- 2016
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 229mm
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 9 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 180 Pages
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This compelling volume explores how war magic and warrior religion unleash the power of the gods, demons, ghosts, and the dead. Documenting war magic and warrior religion as they are performed in diverse cultures and across historical time periods, this volume foregrounds embodiment, practice, and performance in anthropological approaches to magic, sorcery, shamanism, and religion. The authors go beyond what magic 'represents' to consider what magic does. From Chinese exorcists, Javanese spirit siblings, and black magic in Sumatra to Tamil Tiger suicide bombers, Chamorro spiritual re-enchantment, tantric Buddhist war magic, and Yanomami dark shamans, religion and magic are re-evaluated not just from the practitioner's perspective but through the victim's lived experience. These original investigations reveal a nuanced approach to understanding social action, innovation, and the revitalization of tradition in colonial and post-colonial societies undergoing rapid social transformation.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1785333291
ISBN-13
9781785333293
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221700768
Product Key Features
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Shamanism, Sociology / General, Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Magick Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology of Religion
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion, Social Science
Number of Pages
180 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gn497 .W284 2016
Reviews
"War Magic is a significant new look at some old questions, and while the collected essays are relatively few and brief, they are important and interesting... we can only hope that the volume will spur more attention to the subject of malicious spiritual power, which in turn should shed light on prominent problems like holy war and fundamentalist terrorism." Anthropology Review Database "This fascinating volume reconfigures the study of magic, sorcery, and religion by inquiring beyond the meaning of beliefs and symbols to ask what spiritual performances do in accomplishing or preventing violence and death." John Whalen-Bridge, National University of Singapore, "This fascinating volume reconfigures the study of magic, sorcery, and religion by inquiring beyond the meaning of beliefs and symbols to ask what spiritual performances do in accomplishing or preventing violence and death." · John Whalen-Bridge, National University of Singapore, "War Magic is a significant new look at some old questions, and while the collected essays are relatively few and brief, they are important and interesting... we can only hope that the volume will spur more attention to the subject of malicious spiritual power, which in turn should shed light on prominent problems like holy war and fundamentalist terrorism." · Anthropology Review Database "This fascinating volume reconfigures the study of magic, sorcery, and religion by inquiring beyond the meaning of beliefs and symbols to ask what spiritual performances do in accomplishing or preventing violence and death." · John Whalen-Bridge, National University of Singapore, "This fascinating volume reconfigures the study of magic, sorcery, and religion by inquiring beyond the meaning of beliefs and symbols to ask what spiritual performances do in accomplishing or preventing violence and death." John Whalen-Bridge, National University of Singapore, "War Magic is a significant new look at some old questions, and while the collected essays are relatively few and brief, they are important and interesting... we can only hope that the volume will spur more attention to the subject of malicious spiritual power, which in turn should shed light on prominent problems like holy war and fundamentalist terrorism." Anthropology Review Database "This fascinating volume reconfigures the study of magic, sorcery, and religion by inquiring beyond the meaning of beliefs and symbols to ask what spiritual performances do in accomplishing or preventing violence and death." John Whalen-Bridge, National University of Singapore
Publication Name
War Magic : Religion, Sorcery, and Performance
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Introduction: War Magic: Religion, Sorcery, and Performance D. S. Farrer Chapter 1. Tangki War Magic: Spirit Warfare in Singapore Margaret Chan Chapter 2. Javanese Ritual Initiation: Invulnerability, Authority, and Spiritual Improvement Jean-Marc de Grave Chapter 3. Discourse of Decline: Sumatran Perspectives on Black Magic J. David Neidel Chapter 4. Tamil Tiger Ritual, War, and Mystical Empowerment Michael Roberts Chapter 5. Shamanic Battleground in Venezuela Zeljko Jokic Chapter 6. Chants of Re-enchantment: Chamorro Spiritual Resistance to Colonial Domination D. S. Farrer and James D. Sellmann Chapter 7. War Magic and Just War in Indian Tantric Buddhism Iain Sinclair Index
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lccn
2016-017637
Dewey Decimal
306
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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