african divination systems ways (8 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9780253206534.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 244 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 1991. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 244 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. A collection of essays that demonstrate the central role that divination plays throughout Africa in maintaining cultural systems and in guiding human action. It offers insights for discussions in comparative epistemology, cross-cultural psychology, cognitio.

1st edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to thespine and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description(viii, 230 pages) : illustrations. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Contents; The study of divination, present and past / Philip M. Peek -- Becoming a diviner. The initiation of a Zulu diviner / Henry Callaway -- The search for knowledge. Nilotic cosmology and the divination of Atuophilosophy / John W. Burton -- Divination in Madagascar : the Antemoro case and the diffusion of divination. Pierre Vérin and Narivelo Rajaonarimanana -- Cultural systems within divination systems. Diviners as alienists and annunciators among the Batammaliba of Togo / Rudolph Blier -- Divination among the Lobi of Burkina Faso / Piet Meyer -- Divination and the hunt in Pagibeti ideology / Alden Almquist -- Mediumistic divination among the Northern Yaka of Zaire : etiology and ways of knowing / René Devisch -- Divination, epistemology, and truth. Splitting truths from darkness : epistemological aspects of Temne divination / Rosalind Shaw -- Knowledge and power in Nyole divination / Susan Reynolds Whyte -- Simultaneity and sequencing in the oracular speech of Kenyan diviners / David Parkin -- Toward a new approach to divination. African divination systems : non-normal modes of cognition / Philip M. Peek. Subject; Divination Africa, Sub-Saharan. Divination Afrique subsaharienne. JUVENILE NONFICTION General. Divination. Manners and customs. Waarzeggerij. Openbaring.Kennis. Divination Africa, Sub-Saharan. Divination Africa. Divinations Africa, Sub-Saharan. WahrsagenOpenbaringen. Adivinhações. Cultura África. Divination Afrique noire. Divination Afrique du Sud. Divination Burkina Faso. Divination Congo (République démocratique)Divination Kenya. Divination Madagascar. Divination Sierra Leone. Divination Togo. Wahrsagen. Africa, Sub-Saharan Social life and customs. Africa, Sub-Saharan Social life and customs. Afrique subsaharienne Murs et coutumes. Sub-Saharan Africa. Afrika. Africa, Sub-Saharan Social life and customs. Africa Social life and customs Africa, Sur del Sahara Vida social y costumbres. Subsaharisches Afrika. Afrique noire Moeurs et coutumes. Schwarzafrika. Divination. Africa. Religie. Religion. Public Health. Volksgezondheid. 3 Kg.

orig. wrappers. 23x15cm, viii,230 pp., PAPERBACK. Minor rubbing. Cover stained. VG.