The Evil Eye ( għajn ) in Malta
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Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19014345 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J P Baldacchino (0000-0001-7673-5001, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, corresponding author), Jean‐Paul Baldacchino |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 188-207 |
| Publication date | 2010-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Australian Journal of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1035-8811 • E-ISSN: 1757-6547 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1757-6547.2010.00078.x |
| OpenAlex | W1960216473 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 35 |
In this paper, I construct a plea for superstition and examine the ways in which contemporary scholars use the term to denote irrational belief. ‘Superstition’ has, throughout history, been used as a derogatory term denoting inferior and dangerous beliefs. Examining the process whereby people continue to believe that which they deem irrational, I adopt a reflexive and phenomenological approach. Focussing on the evil eye ( għajn ) in Malta and the Mediterranean, I redefine ‘superstition’ as the product of an intrasubjective antinomy between orthodoxy and its subversion
Epistemology · Idolatry · Irrational number · Orthodoxy · Political science · Reflexivity · Sociology · Subversion · Superstition · Theology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology
Inventing Superstition
Believing in Magic
'Superstition' in the pigeon.
Paths toward a clearing
Embodiment and experience
Sociology and psychology
Things As They Are
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
After Christianity
Mal'uocchiu
Anthropology through the Looking-Glass
A Secular Age
Cultural Intimacy
The Specific Rationality of Medieval Magic
Malinowski Goes to College
Taking superstitions seriously
The Disenchantment of Magic
Concern over Superstition in Late Medieval Europe
The Magic Origin of Moorish Designs
Superstition and belief as inevitable by-products of an adaptive learning strategy
Vitalism, purpose and superstition
Essays in Social Anthropology
Survivals of the Use of Oculi in Modern Boats
The Persistence of "Superstition and Idolatry" among Rural French Calvinists
Analytic Essays in Folklore
Boat Oculi Survivals
The evil eye as synthetic image and its meanings on the Island of Pantelleria, Italy
Meaning and Morality
The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America
Of Revelation and Revolution, Volume 1
Assessing Phenomenology in Anthropology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |