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

Informationen zum Autor Michael Lambek is a professor and Canada Research Chair emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Lambek, Lambek Michael
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.10.1993
• EAN: 9780802077837
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-7783-7
• No. of pages: 498
• Series: Anthropological Horizons; Anthropological Horizons
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories