Dan Whisker
Biographic Data
| ID | 119940 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dan Whisker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dan |
| FAMILY NAME | Whisker |
| SIGNATURE | WHISKER D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Possibility of Shamanism: A Genealogy of Anthropological Appropriations
This piece adopts a genealogical approach to the emergence of "neo-Shamanism" as a "spiritual" practice. It argues that the work of Freud and Durkheim collapsed the dichotomy between "primitive" and "civilized" which characterized nineteenth-century evolutionist anthropology. Neither Freud nor Durkheim embraced the consequences of this collapse, and while Bataille attempted to do so, his application of "Shamanism" to modern self-governance was co…
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The Possibility of Shamanism: A Genealogy of Anthropological Appropriations
This piece adopts a genealogical approach to the emergence of "neo-Shamanism" as a "spiritual" practice. It argues that the work of Freud and Durkheim collapsed the dichotomy between "primitive" and "civilized" which characterized nineteenth-century evolutionist anthropology. Neither Freud nor Durkheim embraced the consequences of this collapse, and while Bataille attempted to do so, his application of "Shamanism" to modern self-governance was co…
Contingency (1 works) · Freudian slip (1 works) · Jungian Analytical Psychology (1 works) · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (1 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (1 works) · Shamanism (1 works)