Genealogies of Shamanism: Struggles for Power, Charisma and Authority

Genealogies of Shamanism: Struggles for Power, Charisma and Authority
ISBN-10
907792292X
ISBN-13
9789077922927
Category
History
Pages
383
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
Barkhuis
Author
Jeroen W Boekhoven

Description

After Western-Europeans first heard the word 'shaman' in Siberia at the end of the seventeenth century, the term rapidly acquired a remarkable range of meanings in different contexts. This book traces the long genealogical journey of the notions of 'shaman' and 'shamanism'. It starts with the eighteenth-century discovery of Siberian shamans and ends with the contemporary field of shamanism in the Netherlands. By exploring the ways in which the notions came to be constructed and authorised historically, the various interpretations and conceptualisations of 'shaman' and 'shamanism' are interpreted as outcomes of struggles within distinct milieus.

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