Shamanism and the eighteenth century /

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Pursuing special experiences that take them to the brink of permanent madness or death, men and women in every age have "returned" to heal and comfort their fellow human beings--and these shamans have fascinated students of society from Herodotus to Mircea Eliade. Gloria Flaherty's bo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Flaherty, Gloria, 1938-1992 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1992]
Colección:Princeton legacy library
Temas:
1700-1799
Shamanism.
Chamanisme.
shamanism.
HISTORY > Modern > 18th Century.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Intellectual life
Shamanism
Europe > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Europe
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. The Paradigm of Permissibility, or, Early Reporting Strategies
  • Chapter Two. Eighteenth-Century Observations from the Field
  • Chapter Three. Interaction, Transformation, and Extinction
  • Chapter Four. Shamanism among the Medical Researchers
  • Chapter Five. The Impact of Russia on Diderot and Le neveu de Ranteau
  • Chapter Six. Herder on the Artist as the Shaman of Western Civilization
  • Chapter Seven. Mozart, or, Orpheus Reborn
  • Chapter Eight. Shamans Failed and Successful in Goethe
  • Chapter Nine. Faust, the Modern Shaman
  • Afterword Toward a Shamanology
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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