| 书目名称 | Microbes and Other Shamanic Beings | | 编辑 | César E. Giraldo Herrera | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Innovatively brings together microbiology and Amerindian shamanic practice, with a view to interrogating both as equals.Intertwines biocultural and ethnohistorical approaches.Provides a fresh comparat | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | Shamanism is commonly understood through reference to spirits and souls. However, these terms were introduced by Christian missionaries as part of the colonial effort of conversion. So, rather than trying to comprehend shamanism through medieval European concepts, this book examines it through ideas that started developing in the West after encountering Amerindian shamans. .Microbes and Other Shamanic Beings. develops three major arguments: First, since their earliest accounts Amerindian shamanic notions have had more in common with current microbial ecology than with Christian religious beliefs. Second, the human senses allow the unaided perception of the microbial world; for example, entoptic vision allows one to see microscopic objects flowing through the retina and shamans employ techniques that enhance precisely these kinds of perception. Lastly, the theory that some diseases are produced by living agents acquired through contagion was proposed right after Contact in relation to syphilis, an important subject of pre-Contact Amerindian medicine and mythology, which was treasured and translated by European physicians. Despite these early translations, the West took four centurie | | 出版日期 | Book 2018 | | 关键词 | Medical Anthropology; Cultural Anthropology; Science and Technology Studies; Shamanism; Postcolonialism; | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71318-2 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-10041-4 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-71318-2 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 |
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