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The beauty of the primitive

shamanism and the Western imagination

by Andrei A. Znamenski

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  • 21st century
  • Language: English

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Description from Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue (opens in a new tab)

'The Beauty of the Primitive' explores how shamanism, an obscure word introduced by the 18th century German explorers of Siberia entered Western humanities and social sciences, and has now become a powerful idiom used by nature and pagan communities to situate their spiritual quests and anti-modernity sentiments.

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  • Shamanism and spirit practice

    Controlled discovery queries from gegnir matched “Shamanism”. Retained metadata contains “Shamanism” in the subtitle, “Shamanism” in the description, “Shamanism” in the subject metadata, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “Shamanism”· in subtitle
    • “Shamanism”· in description
    • “Shamanism”· in subject
    • “Shamanism”· in edition subtitle
    • “Shamanism”· in edition notes

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shamanism and the Western imagination

Gegnir Icelandic union-catalog record

1 online resource (453 p.); Description based upon print version of record; Dewey classification: 201/.44; Enlightenment and romantic writers look at shamans -- From Siberia to North America: regionalists, anthropologists and exiled ethnographers -- Neurotics to tribal psychoanalysts: shamans through the eyes of psychology -- Power plants: psychedelic culture meets tribal spirituality -- Shamanism goes global: Mircea Eliade and Carlos Castaneda -- Anthropology, Castaneda's healing fiction, and neo-shamanism print culture -- Toward the ancient future: shamanism in the modern West -- Sources of inspiration: from Native Americana to European pagan folklore -- Back to Siberia: adventures of the metaphor in its motherland; Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-423) and index; Publication place: New York; Publication place: Oxford

2007Oxford University PressEnglish
  • 9786611156466
  • 0198038496
  • 0199883793
  • 1281156469
  • +1 more
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