African Divination Systems: Ways of Knowing (African Systems of Thought) by Philip M. Peek

African Divination Systems: Ways of Knowing (African Systems of Thought)



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African Divination Systems: Ways of Knowing (African Systems of Thought) Philip M. Peek
Language: English
Page: 240
Format: chm
ISBN: 0253206537, 9780253206534
Publisher: Indiana University Press

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"The essays in this collection provide a very useful overview of both the diversity of African divination systems and of recent approaches to their study. The introduction critically reviews the preoccupations of earlier students of African divination. The essays that follow are divided into five sections that explore, in turn, the identity of the diviner; comparative and historical issues; the central role of divination in the articulation of cultural ideas, norms, and values within society; the making of knowledge through the divinatory process; and the integration of normal and nonnormal ways of knowing within the divination process. Although all of the essays provide rich ethnographic data, the essays in the fourth and fifth section are the most interesting from a theoretical perspective. They provide the clearest critique of previous positivist approaches to divination, which focus on the outcomes of the divinatory process while failing to appreciate the meanings and truths that inhere to, and are articulated by, the process itself. Of particular interest are the facinating articles by Rosalind Shaw and Philip Peek. Highly recommended for advanced undergraduates." —R. M. Packard, Tufts University, Choice, December 1991

(R. M. Packard, Tufts University Choice 1991)

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