Previous explanations have tended to see witchcraft in simple opposition to modernism and modernity (enchantment vs. disenchantment). The author sees witchcraft as an effect of culture, when the latter is incapable of dealing with accident, death, and the fear of the disintegration of social and political relations. He shows how and why modernization and witchcraft can often be companions, as people strive to name what has hitherto been unnameable.
Previous explanations have tended to see witchcraft in simple opposition to modernism and modernity (enchantment vs. disenchantment). The author sees witchcraft as an effect of culture, when the latter is incapable of dealing with accident, death, and the fear of the disintegration of social and political relations. He shows how and why modernization and witchcraft can often be companions, as people strive to name what has hitherto been unnameable.
Naming the Witch
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780804751940 |
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Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
Publication date: | 11/16/2005 |
Series: | Cultural Memory in the Present |
Edition description: | 1 |
Pages: | 280 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d) |