Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte : Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery and Spirit Possession

Michael Lambek

ISBN 10: 0802077838 / ISBN 13: 9780802077837

Verlag: University Of Toronto Press Okt 1993, 1993

Beschreibung

Neuware - In a witty, evocative style accessible to both the specialist and non-specialist reader, Michael Lambek provides a significant contribution to writing on African systems of thought, local forms of religious and therapeutic practice, social accountability, and the place of explicit forms of knowledge in the analysis of non-western societies.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780802077837

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte : Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery and Spirit Possession
• Verlag: University Of Toronto Press Okt 1993
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0802077838
• ISBN-13: 9780802077837
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

In a witty, evocative style accessible to both the specialist and non-specialist reader, Michael Lambek provides a significant contribution to writing on African systems of thought, local forms of religious and therapeutic practice, social accountability, and the place of explicit forms of knowledge in the analysis of non-western societies.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Michael Lambek is a professor and Canada Research Chair emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto.