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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Estonia
ISBN : UOM:39015053415231
Author : Sebastian Veg
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231549400
Who are the new Chinese intellectuals? In the wake of the crackdown on the 1989 democracy movement and the rapid marketization of the 1990s, a novel type of grassroots intellectual emerged. Instead of harking back to the traditional role of the literati or pronouncing on democracy and modernity like 1980s public intellectuals, they derive legitimacy from their work with the vulnerable and the marginalized, often proclaiming their independence with a heavy dose of anti-elitist rhetoric. They are proudly minjian—unofficial, unaffiliated, and among the people. In this book, Sebastian Veg explores the rise of minjian intellectuals and how they have profoundly transformed China’s public culture. An intellectual history of contemporary China, Minjian documents how, amid deep structural shifts, grassroots thinker-activists began to work outside academia or policy institutions in an embryonic public sphere. Veg explores the work of amateur historians who question official accounts, independent documentarians who let ordinary people speak for themselves, and grassroots lawyers and NGO workers who spread practical knowledge. Their interventions are specific rather than universal, with a focus on concrete problems among disenfranchised populations such as victims of Maoism, migrant workers and others without residence permits, and petitioners. Drawing on careful analysis of public texts by grassroots intellectuals and the networks and publics among which they circulate, Minjian is a groundbreaking transdisciplinary exploration of crucial trends developing under the surface of contemporary Chinese society.
Author : William Crooke
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020359420
Crooke provides a comprehensive analysis of the popular religion and folklore of northern India, with a focus on the key beliefs and practices of the region's diverse communities. His research sheds light on the cultural and historical context within which these traditions developed and provides insights that are relevant to scholars of religion, anthropology, and sociology. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : James George Frazer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Bible
ISBN : UOM:39015005256303
Author : James G. Frazer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Bible
ISBN : OCLC:809723398
Author : Laura Stark
Publisher : Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789517465786
Lying on the border between eastern and western Christendom, Orthodox Karelia preserved its unique religious culture into the 19th and 20th centuries, when it was described and recorded by Finnish and Karelian folklore collectors. This colorful array of ritulas and beliefs involving nature spirits, saints, the dead, and pilgrimage to monasteries represented a unigue fusion of official Church ritual and doctrine and pre-Christian ethnic folk belief. This book undertakes a fascinating exploration into many aspects of Orthodox Karelian ritual life: beliefs in supernatural forces, folk models of illness, body concepts, divination, holy icons, the role of the ritual specialist and healer, the divide between nature and culture, images of forest, the cult of the dead, and the popular image of monasteries and holy hermits. It will appeal to anyone interested in popular religion, the cognitive study of religion, ritual studies, medical anthropology, and the folk traditions and symbolism of the Balto-Finnic peoples.
Author : Anna-Leena Siikala
Publisher : Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789522228499
The recent fascination in Finnish folklore studies with popular thought and the values and emotions encoded in oral tradition began with the realisation that the vast collections of the Finnish folklore archives still have much to offer the modern-day researcher. These archive materials were not only collected by scholars, but also by the ordinary rural populace interested in their own traditions, by performers and their audiences. With its myriad voices, this body of source material thus provides new avenues for the researcher seeking to penetrate popular thought. What does oral tradition tell us about the way its performers think and feel? What sorts of beliefs and ideas are transmitted in traditional songs and narratives? Perspectives from the study of mentalities and cultural cognition research provide a framework for investigating these issues. This collection of articles works from the premise that the cultural models which shape mentalities give rise to manifest expressions of culture, including folklore. These models also become embedded in the representations appearing in folklore, and are handed down from one generation to the next. The topics of the book cover age-old myths and world views, concepts of witchcraft and the Devil stretching back to the Middle Ages, and the values and collective emotions of Finnish and Hungarian agrarian communities.
Author : Stephen Wilson
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521311810
This is a paperback edition of a collection of ten papers by different authors on the cult of saints, first published in hard covers in 1983. Six have been translated from French including a pioneering study by Robert Hertz, one of Durkheim's most eminent pupils. The editor provides a wide-ranging general and historical introduction, and a 100- page annotated bibliography covering material on the subject in all disciplines and in four main languages.
Author : Regina F. Bendix,Galit Hasan-Rokem
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781118863145
A Companion to Folklore presents an original and comprehensive collection of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. Unprecedented in depth and scope, this state-of-the-art collection uniquely displays the vitality of folklore research across the globe. An unprecedented collection of original, state of the art essays on folklore authored by international experts Examines the practices and theoretical approaches developed to understand the phenomena of folklore Considers folklore in the context of multi-disciplinary topics that include poetics, performance, religious practice, myth, ritual and symbol, oral textuality, history, law, politics and power as well as the social base of folklore Selected by Choice as a 2013 Outstanding Academic Title
Author : J. Roper
Publisher : Springer
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230583535
Bringing together many of today's key scholars of verbal charming, these essays cover vernacular magical texts and practice from Malaysia to Madagascar, and from England to Estonia. As the most comprehensive collection of research on charms, charmers and charming available in the English language, it forms an essential reader on the topic.
Author : Symposium on Christian Folk Religion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Estonia
ISBN : 9985400801
Author : Darryl Caterine,John W. Morehead
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351731812
Interest in preternatural and supernatural themes has revitalized the Gothic tale, renewed explorations of psychic powers and given rise to a host of social and religious movements based upon claims of the fantastical. And yet, in spite of this widespread enthusiasm, the academic world has been slow to study this development. This volume rectifies this gap in current scholarship by serving as an interdisciplinary overview of the relationship of the paranormal to the artefacts of mass media (e.g. novels, comic books, and films) as well as the cultural practices they inspire. After an introduction analyzing the paranormal’s relationship to religion and entertainment, the book presents essays exploring its spiritual significance in a postmodern society; its (post)modern representation in literature and film; and its embodiment in a number of contemporary cultural practices. Contributors from a number of discplines and cultural contexts address issues such as the shamanistic aspects of Batman and lesbianism in vampire mythology. Covering many aspects of the paranormal and its effect on popular culture, this book is an important statement in the field. As such, it will be of utmost interest to scholars of religious studies as well as media, communication, and cultural studies.
Author : James George Frazer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:59649830
Author : Ivor Hugh Norman Evans
Publisher : Biblio Distribution Centre
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120043950
Author : James George Frazer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1494115670
This is a new release of the original 1923 edition.