The Modernity of Witchcraft: Politics and the Occult in Postcolonial Africa (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)

The Modernity of Witchcraft: Politics and the Occult in Postcolonial Africa

(Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Forfatter: Peter Geschiere



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This study suggests that the balance in Africa, between the prevalence of witchcraft and the forces of modernity, stems both from obsession with power and from the increasing feeling of powerlessness among the people. It also gives a parallel with aspects of politics in Western democracies.

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Forlag University of Virginia Press
Forfatter Peter Geschiere
Type Bog
Format Paperback / softback
Sprog Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato 30-04-1997
Første udgivelsesår 1997
Illustrationer 1 map
Oversætter Janet Roitman (Postdoctoral Fellow USA), Peter Geschiere, Janet Roitman
Originalsprog United States
Sideantal 368
Indbinding Paperback / softback
Forlag University of Virginia Press
Sideoplysninger 368 pages, 1 map
Mål 231 x 153 x 24
ISBN-13 / EAN-13 9780813917030