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Divination : Perspectives for a New Millennium /
This interdisciplinary collection by leading scholars in the field is dedicated to fascinating new insights into divination and oracles arising from recent work in anthropology, religious studies, history and classical studies. Central importance is given to the practical and theoretical perspective...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate Pub.,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This interdisciplinary collection by leading scholars in the field is dedicated to fascinating new insights into divination and oracles arising from recent work in anthropology, religious studies, history and classical studies. Central importance is given to the practical and theoretical perspectives of diviners as well as scholars of divination; several contributors are both. This book explores philosophical issues such as the nature of divinatory intelligence, the relationship between divinatory and metaphorical truth, the primacy of ontology over epistemology, the importance of reflexivity. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 289 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781409405566 1409405567 1409405559 9781409405559 128277400X 9781282774001 1317149025 9781317149026 1317149017 9781317149019 9786612774003 6612774002 |