Beyond Rationalism: Rethinking Magic, Witchcraft and Sorcery

African Studies Review | April 1, 2005| | Copyright

Bruce Kapferer, ed. Beyond Rationalism: Rethinking Magic, Witchcraft and Sorcery. Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2003. vii + 272 pp. Bibliography. Index. Price not reported. Paper.

This volume aims to transcend previous anthropological theories of magic, witchcraft, and sorcery as rational mechanisms for releasing social tensions and explanating misfortune, or as psychological expressions of desire. Kapferer suggests, rather, that these beliefs and practices have potency because they stand apart from everyday reason and engage the human imagination. He argues that they thrive in "phantasmagoric" ...

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