Genealogies of Shamanism
Subtitle: struggles for power, charisma and authority
By: Jeroen W. Boekhoven
Publisher: Barkhuis
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Groningen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9789077922927
Subjects: Shamanism
Description: After Western-Europeans first heard the word 'shaman' in Siberia at the end of the seventeenth century, the term rapidly acquired a remarkable range of meanings in different contexts. This book traces the long genealogical journey of the notions of 'shaman' and 'shamanism'. It starts with the eighteenth-century discovery of Siberian shamans and ends with the contemporary field of shamanism in the Netherlands. By exploring the ways in which the notions came to be constructed and authorised historically, the various interpretations and conceptualisations of 'shaman' and 'shamanism' are interpreted as outcomes of struggles within distinct milieus.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-375) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Approaching shamanism; title: Dutch shamanisms; title: Methodology; title: Genealogical reflexivity; title: Three historical studies on shamanism; title: Pierre Bourdieu; title: Fields and habitus; title: Economies and capital; title: Strategies and games; title: James Beckford; title: Religion; title: Power; title: The argument; title: Outline of the book; title: 2. Eighteenth and nineteenth-century interpretations; title: The eighteenth-century discovery of Siberian shamans; title: Enlightened interpretations; title: Romantic interpretations; title: Theological interpretations; title: Nineteenth-century interpretations; title: Folklore and nationalism; title: Comparative theology; title: Dutch and British colonial projects; title: British armchair anthropology; title: American art and anthropology; title: Theosophy and other esotericisms; title: Conclusions; title: 3. Early twentieth-century American interpretations; title: Franz Boas; title: The Russian connection; title: American anthropological schools; title: Ethnobotany; title: The quest for genuine culture; title: Jaime de Angulo; title: Conclusion; title: 4. Twentieth-century European constructions; title: Sergey Mikhalovich Shirokogoroff; title: British social anthropology; title: Siegfried Frederick Nadel; title: Raymond Firth; title: Ioan Lewis; title: Theology and religious studies; title: Folklorism; title: Finnish Forefathers; title: The Hungarian táltos; title: Old Norse Seiðr; title: Ancient poets; title: A field of shamanology; title: Conclusion; title: 5. The Bollingen connection, 1930s-1960s; title: Archaic techniques of shamans; title: Young Eliade; title: Traditionalism; title: In exile; title: The Eranos network; title: The myth of the shaman; title: Eliade's history of religions; title: Conclusion; title: 6. Post-war American visions; title: Countercultural revolts; title: Countercultural revolts; title: Countercultural interpretation of a counterculture; title: Routinisation and institutionalisation; title: American psychology; title: Psychoanalysis; title: Humanistic psychology; title: The Esalen Institute; title: Countercultural Indianness; title: Psychedelics; title: Psychedelic virtuosi; title: Psychedelic rock music; title: Poetry; title: Conclusion; title: 7. The genesis of a field of shamanism, America 1960s-1990s; title: Carlos Castaneda; title: Psychedelic anthropology; title: Barbara Myerhoff; title: Peter Furst; title: Michael Harner; title: Four shamanisms; title: Core-shamanism: Michael Harner; title: Transpersonal shamanism: Stephan Larsen; title: Buddhist shamanism: Joan Halifax; title: Medicine power: Lynn Andrews; title: The rise of shamanic practices; title: Neoliberalisation; title: Esotericism; title: The economy of shamanic goods; title: Academic expertise; title: Shamanic entrepreneurs; title: Shamanic artefacts; title: Global flows of shamanism; title: Conclusion; title: 8. A case study: shamanisms in the Netherlands; title: The rise of esoteric practices; title: Counterculture, 1950s-1960s; title: The me-decade, 1970s; title: Neoliberalisation: from 1980 onwards; title: The rise of shamanism; title: A pioneer (1): Joska Soos; title: A pioneer (2): Ronald Chavers; title: The genesis of a field of shamanism; title: Four shamanic practices; title: Searching Deer Jan Prins; title: The school for shamanism; title: The Asha institute; title: The institute of Siberian shamanism; title: Conclusion; title: 9. Stuggles for power, Charisma and authority: a balance; title: Participant objectivation; title: The field of shamanism; title: Individualism; title: Consumerism; title: Authenticity; title: Empowerment; title: Shamanisms in society; title: Genealogies of shamanism; title: Continuities and discontinuities; title: Classification; title: Conclusion; title: Bibliography; title: Index.