| 书目名称 | Occult Rumors and Politics in Ghana | | 副标题 | Juju and Statecraft | | 编辑 | Comfort Max-Wirth | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Provides a comprehensive analysis of occult rumor, and the role of such rumor in the political sphere.Highlights the emergence of a novel interpretation of the occult shaped by Pentecostal narratives. | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .This book addresses the phenomenon of rumors about the occult in contemporary Ghanaian politics. Drawing on data from fieldwork interviews and analysis of case studies, it examines: why political rumors in Ghana often focus on the occult; what political-occult rumors accomplish and for whom; the ways in which Ghanaian politicians use rumors about the occult to gain political advantage; and some of the popular attitudes of the electorate to the rumors. The book demonstrates that political-occult rumors have become important tools in the hands of Ghanaian politicians to gain political advantage over opponents, and the electorate as means to critique the actions and behavior of political actors and the political process, generally. In a nutshell, this book highlights the important role of occult rumors in modern Ghanaian politics, with a particular focus on the period between the late 1970s and present. The main thrust of the argument in this book is that the flourishing of political-occult rumors and the strength of Pentecostalism are related, and that far from being a phenomenon existing on the margins of modern Ghanaian society, the occult is powerful, public and mainstream.. | | 出版日期 | Book 2024 | | 关键词 | Ghana; Occult; Pentecostalism; Politics; Religion; rumors | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59807-4 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-59809-8 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-59807-4 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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