Conjuring Hope
Healing and Magic in Contemporary Russia
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2005
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-84545-057-1 (ISBN)
Description
Notions of magic and healing have been changing over past years and are now understood as reflecting local ideas of power and agency, as well as structures of self, subjectivity and affect. This study focuses on contemporary urban Russia and, through exploring social conditions, conveys the experience of living that makes magic logical. By following people's own interpretations of the work of magic, the author succeeds in unraveling the logic of local practice and local understanding of affliction, commonly used to diagnose the experiences of illness and misfortune.
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"Whoever wants to learn about life in today's Russia, where various forms of magic play a central role, should read this book. And of course all those interested in Semiotic or medical anthropology who will gain further insight into the relationships between healer and patient." ? Anthropos"Lindquist's book makes two important contributions, the first anthropological, and the second ethnographic...Lindquist clearly brought passion, care, and the highest ethical standards to her role as ethnographer, to the great benefit of her readers. When telling these stories, her writing is always clear, often elegant, and sometimes deeply moving." ? Slavic Review
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Library binding
Illustrations
Bibliography; Index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
549 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84545-057-1 (9781845450571)
DOI
10.3167/9781845450571
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Galina Lindquist (1955-2008) was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University. She received her Ph.D. in 1998, and did fieldwork among neo-shamans in Sweden, among alternative healing practitioners and patients in Moscow, and among shamans and lamas in Tyva, Southern Siberia. She authored Conjuring Hope: Healing and Magic in Contemporary Russia (2006), The Quest for the Authentic Shaman: Multiple Meanings of Shamanism on a Siberian Journey (2006), co-edited four volumes, and published numerous articles in professional journals.
Content
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Marketing Magic
Chapter 2. Magic as Semiotic Changes: Ontologies, Rituals and Terms of Affliction
Chapter 3. Magic as Management of Emotions
Chapter 4. The Icons of Power: Constructing Charisma from the Means at Hand
Chapter 5. Charisma of the Office: Healing Power and Biomedical Legitimacy
Chapter 6. The Unspeakable Emotions: Spells and Their Use in Working Life
Chapter 7. The Magic of Business and the Fostering of Hope
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Marketing Magic
Chapter 2. Magic as Semiotic Changes: Ontologies, Rituals and Terms of Affliction
Chapter 3. Magic as Management of Emotions
Chapter 4. The Icons of Power: Constructing Charisma from the Means at Hand
Chapter 5. Charisma of the Office: Healing Power and Biomedical Legitimacy
Chapter 6. The Unspeakable Emotions: Spells and Their Use in Working Life
Chapter 7. The Magic of Business and the Fostering of Hope
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index