Not quite shamans : spirit worlds and political lives in northern Mongolia

Not quite shamans : spirit worlds and political lives in northern Mongolia / Morten Axel Pedersen.

The forms of contemporary society and politics are often understood to be diametrically opposed to any expression of the supernatural; what happens when those forms are themselves regarded as manifestations of spirits and other occult phenomena? In Not Quite Shamans, Morten Axel Pedersen explores ho...

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Main Author: Pedersen, Morten Axel, 1969-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.
Series:Culture and society after socialism.
Subjects:
Since 1992
Shamanism > Political aspects > Mongolia.
Post-communism > Mongolia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Politics and government
Post-communism
Shamanism > Political aspects
Religion
Politik
Postkommunismus
Gesellschaftsleben
Schamanismus
Schamanismus.
Religion.
Politik.
Mongolia > Politics and government > 1992-
Mongolia
Mongolei
Mongolei.
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Table of Contents:
  • Shamanic states
  • The shamanic predicament
  • Layered lands, layered minds
  • The shaman's two bodies
  • Mischievous souls.

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