Synthetic images
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2959555 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rodney Needham (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 549-564 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2049-1115 • E-ISSN: 2575-1433 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.14318/hau4.1.039 |
| OpenAlex | W4255362655 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
The factors constitute a steady image of the witch, but they are also to be found in the constitution of other images and institutions. For example, the relations and phenomena that we have just surveyed can be combined, with different semantic values according to the appositeness of the materials, into the image of a saint or a shaman. If mystical action at a distance is taken to be definitive, then this too is found in blessing and prayer and spiritual healing. So it is as though men have at their disposal, innately, a limited repertory of imaginative resources, and these, the primary factors, are differentially synthesized into distinct complexes representing disparate social concerns. The factors accrete to the concern, and their meaning in combination corresponds to the concern
Action (physics · Blessing · Constitution · Epistemology · Meaning (existential · Political science · Prayer · Shamanism · Sociology · Theology · Witch · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning · Kierkegaardian Philosophy and Influence · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious studies · Social Psychology · Ecology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2016 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |