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Mind over mind : the anthropology and psychology of spirit possession /
Mind Over Mind explores the phenomenon of spirit possession from both anthropological and psychological perspectives. Spirit possession is ritually important in many cultures from India to Brazil to Madagascar, but has tended to be narrowly regarded from modern American and European perspectives as...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield,
©2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Mind Over Mind explores the phenomenon of spirit possession from both anthropological and psychological perspectives. Spirit possession is ritually important in many cultures from India to Brazil to Madagascar, but has tended to be narrowly regarded from modern American and European perspectives as a psychopathological problem of multiple personality disorder. This book proposes an integration of anthropological and psychological approaches, concluding with a new analytical framework for understanding spirit possession and resolving the controversy surrounding the 'reality' of possession. The. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 139 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-132) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585466785 9780585466781 1306157250 9781306157254 |