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The increasing popularity of these ecstatics poses a challenge not only to orthodox Sinhala Buddhism (the official religion of Sri Lanka) but also, as Gananath Obeyesekere shows, to the traditional anthropological and psychoanalytic theories of symbolism. Focusing initially on one symbol, matted hair, Obeyesekere demonstrates that the conventional distinction between personal and cultural symbols is inadequate and naive. His detailed case studies of ecstatics show that there is always a reciprocity between the personal-psychological dimension of the symbol and its public, culturally sanctioned role. "Medusa's Hair thus makes an important theoretical contribution both to the anthropology of individual experience and to the psychoanalytic understanding of culture. In its analyses of the symbolism of guilt, the adaptational and integrative significance of belief in spirits, and a host of related issues concerning possession states and religiosity, this book marks a provocative advance in psychological anthropology.
The increasing popularity of these ecstatics poses a challenge not only to orthodox Sinhala Buddhism (the official religion of Sri Lanka) but also, as Gananath Obeyesekere shows, to the traditional anthropological and psychoanalytic theories of symbolism. Focusing initially on one symbol, matted hair, Obeyesekere demonstrates that the conventional distinction between personal and cultural symbols is inadequate and naive. His detailed case studies of ecstatics show that there is always a reciprocity between the personal-psychological dimension of the symbol and its public, culturally sanctioned role. "Medusa's Hair thus makes an important theoretical contribution both to the anthropology of individual experience and to the psychoanalytic understanding of culture. In its analyses of the symbolism of guilt, the adaptational and integrative significance of belief in spirits, and a host of related issues concerning possession states and religiosity, this book marks a provocative advance in psychological anthropology.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780226616018 |
| ISBN-10: | 0226616010 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Obeyesekere, Gananath |
| Auflage: | Revised |
| Hersteller: | University of Chicago Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de |
| Maße: | 216 x 142 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Gananath Obeyesekere |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.09.1984 |
| Gewicht: | 0,295 kg |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780226616018 |
| ISBN-10: | 0226616010 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Obeyesekere, Gananath |
| Auflage: | Revised |
| Hersteller: | University of Chicago Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de |
| Maße: | 216 x 142 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Gananath Obeyesekere |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.09.1984 |
| Gewicht: | 0,295 kg |
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