Divination and Ontologies: A Reflection.
The way types of divination move round the planet means it is not helpful to simply attribute one unitary ontology to specific techniques or to groups of practitioners. Explaining divination in terms of 'ontology' homogenizes cognitive and conceptual multiplicity, and pre-empts the possible outcomes...
| Publicado en: | Social Analysis Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 139 - 161 |
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Berghahn Books
Jun2021
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