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Witchcraft, violence, and democracy in South Africa / Adam Ashfor th.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.Description: xx, 396 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0226029743 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 133.4/3/0968221 22
Contents:
Spiritual insecurity and political power -- Dimensions of insecurity in contemporary Soweto -- On living in a world with witches -- Freedom , democracy, and witchcraft : Soweto in the 1990s -- On believing, and not believing, in witchcraft -- Poison, medicine, and the power of secr et knowledge -- Death, pollution, and the dangers of dirt -- A brief hi story of the spirit world -- Invisible beings in everyday life -- Vulne rabilities of the soul -- Witchcraft, violence, and justice -- Democrat ic statecraft in a world of witches.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-386) and index.

Spiritual insecurity and political power -- Dimensions of insecurity in contemporary Soweto -- On living in a world with witches -- Freedom , democracy, and witchcraft : Soweto in the 1990s -- On believing, and not believing, in witchcraft -- Poison, medicine, and the power of secr et knowledge -- Death, pollution, and the dangers of dirt -- A brief hi story of the spirit world -- Invisible beings in everyday life -- Vulne rabilities of the soul -- Witchcraft, violence, and justice -- Democrat ic statecraft in a world of witches.

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