Divination´s Grasp: African Encounters with the Almost Said
Richard Werbner
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Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 21 b&w illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 631.
Richard Werbner takes readers on a journey though contemporary charismatic wisdom divination in southern Africa. Beginning with the silent language of the divinatory lots, Werbner deciphers the everyday, metaphorical, and poetic language that is used to reveal their meaning. Through Werbner's skillful interpretations of the language of divination, a picture of Tswapong moral imagination is revealed. Concerns about dignity and personal illumination, witchcraft, pollution, the anger of dead ancestors, as well as the nature of life, truth, cosmic harmony, being, and becoming emerge in this charged African setting.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253018816
SKU
V9780253018816
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About Richard Werbner
Richard Werbner is Professor Emeritus in African Anthropology at the University of Manchester. He is author of Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana (IUP).
Reviews for Divination´s Grasp: African Encounters with the Almost Said
Werbner's Divination's Grasp documents a long and distinguished career in the service of anthropology. It will be a touchstone for anthropological studies of divination for years to come.
American Ethnologist
American Ethnologist