| Description |
viii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Nicholas Thomas and Caroline Humphrey -- Pt. 1. Shamanisms. Marginal Powers: Shamanism and Hierarchy in Eastern Oceania / Nicholas Thomas. Shamans, Prophets, Priests and Pastors / Stephen Hugh-Jones. Shamanism in Siberia: From Partnership in Supernature to Counter-power in Society / Roberte N. Hamayon. River People: Shamanism and History in Western Amazonia / Peter Gow -- Pt. 2. Shamanism and the State. Saints' Cults and Warrior Kingdoms in South India / Susan Bayly. The Slaves, the King, and Mary in the Slums of Antananarivo / Maurice Bloch. Astrology and the State in Imperial Rome / Tamsyn Barton. The Roman and The Foreign: The Cult of the "Great Mother" in Imperial Rome / Mary Beard. Shamanic Practices and the State in Northern Asia: Views from the Center and Periphery / Caroline Humphrey |
| Notes |
"Based on a conference that took place at King's College, Cambridge, in October 1989"--Acknowledgments |
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Spine title: Sharmanism, history & the state |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cults -- Political aspects -- Congresses.
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Cults -- Political aspects.
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Religion and state -- Case studies -- Congresses.
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Shamanism -- Congresses.
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Shamanism -- Political aspects -- Congresses.
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Shamanism -- Political aspects.
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Religion and state -- Case studies.
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Shamanism.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Humphrey, Caroline.
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Thomas, Nicholas, 1960-
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| LC no. |
93040589 |
| ISBN |
0472105124 (acid-free paper) |
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