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Witchcraft, violence, and democracy in South Africa / Adam Ashforth.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.Description: xx, 396 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0226029735 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0226029743 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 133.4/3/0968221 22
LOC classification:
  • BF1584.S6 A84 2005
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Contents:
1. Spiritual insecurity and political power -- 2. Dimensions of insecurity in contemporary Soweto -- 3. On living in a world with witches -- 4. Freedom, democracy, and witchcraft : Soweto in the 1990s -- 5. On believing, and not believing, in witchcraft -- 6. Poison, medicine, and the power of secret knowledge -- 7. Death, pollution, and the dangers of dirt -- 8. A brief history of the spirit world -- 9. Invisible beings in everyday life -- 10. Vulnerabilities of the soul -- 11. Witchcraft, violence, and justice -- 12. Democratic statecraft in a world of witches -- App. 1. The literature on Soweto - a brief excursus -- App. 2. The Thohoyandou Declaration on Ending Witchcraft Violence, issued by the Commission on Gender Equality.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-386) and index.

1. Spiritual insecurity and political power -- 2. Dimensions of insecurity in contemporary Soweto -- 3. On living in a world with witches -- 4. Freedom, democracy, and witchcraft : Soweto in the 1990s -- 5. On believing, and not believing, in witchcraft -- 6. Poison, medicine, and the power of secret knowledge -- 7. Death, pollution, and the dangers of dirt -- 8. A brief history of the spirit world -- 9. Invisible beings in everyday life -- 10. Vulnerabilities of the soul -- 11. Witchcraft, violence, and justice -- 12. Democratic statecraft in a world of witches -- App. 1. The literature on Soweto - a brief excursus -- App. 2. The Thohoyandou Declaration on Ending Witchcraft Violence, issued by the Commission on Gender Equality.

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