Conjuring Hope: Healing and Magic in Contemporary Russia (1) (Epistemologies of Healing, 1) - Hardcover

Lindquist, Galina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845450574 ISBN 13: 9781845450571

Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2005

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Book by Lindquist Galina

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Whoever wants to learn about life in today's Russia, where various forms of magic play a central role, should read this book. And of course all those interested in Semiotic or medical anthropology who will gain further insight into the relationships between healer and patient.A" * Anthropos Lindquist's book makes two important contributions, the first anthropological, and the second ethnographic - Lindquist clearly brought passion, care, and the highest ethical standards to her role as ethnographer, to the great benefit of her readers. When telling these stories, her writing is always clear, often elegant, and sometimes deeply moving.A" * Slavic Review

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Notions of magic and healing have been changing over past years and are now understood as reflecting local ideas of power and agency, as well as structures of self, subjectivity and affect. This study focuses on contemporary urban Russia and, through exploring social conditions, conveys the experience of living that makes magic logical. By following people's own interpretations of the work of magic, the author succeeds in unraveling the logic of local practice and local understanding of affliction, commonly used to diagnose the experiences of illness and misfortune.

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• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1845450574
• ISBN 13: 9781845450571
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272