Susan Greenwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 170371 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Greenwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Greenwood |
| SIGNATURE | GREENWOOD S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sussex |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2867-4368 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A spectrum of magical consciousness: Conspiracy theories and the stories we tell ourselves
Magical thinking expressed in conspiracy theories is alive and well, as recent insurrection events at the US Capitol have shown, where alt-right White supremacist activists stormed the government waving Confederate flags and a noose to hang the vice president. This article suggests that such 'magical consciousness' is a pan-human mode of participatory awareness that plays out in a spectrum of various cultural situations with very different object…
Gender and power in magical practices
The Anthropology of Magic
Magic is arguably the least understood subject in anthropology today. Exotic and fascinating, it offers us a glimpse into another world but it also threatens to undermine the foundations of anthropology due to its supposed irrational and non-scientific nature. Magic has thus often been 'explained away' by social or psychological reduction. The Anthropology of Magic redresses the balance and brings magic, as an aspect of consciousness, into focus …
The Owl, the Dragon and the Magician: Reflections on Being an Anthropologist Studying Magic
This article documents the life of an anthropologist studying magic; it chronicles her trajectory of finding a place between the rationalized, analytically based academy on the one hand, and a life infused with spirits on the other. Not wanting to prioritize either critical thinking or the reality of a non-material world, Susan Greenwood shows how she has explored a magical terrain engaging sensory experiences, the imagination as a ‘doorway’ into…
Emile Durkheim and C. G. Jung: Structuring a Transpersonal Sociology of Religion
Religion is a prevalent theme in the works of both Emile Durkheim and C. G. Jung, who participated in a common intellectual milieu. A comparison of Durkheim’s collective consciousness and Jung’s collective unconscious reveals strikingly similar concepts. The components of these structures, collective representations and archetypes, illustrate interdependent sociological and psychological processes in the theorized creation of religious phenomena.…
Worldviews in Collision/Worldviews in Metamorphosis: Toward a Multistate Paradigm
This article is an extended commentary inspired by Alan Drengson's paper “Shifting Paradigms: From Technocrat to Planetary Person” (Drengson 2011). In this article Susan Greenwood and I echo Drengson's criticism that Euro-American science is incomplete, having committed what Thomas Roberts calls “The Singlestate Fallacy: the erroneous assumption that all worthwhile abilities reside in our normal, awake mindbody state” (Roberts 2006:105). This sin…
Religious Attendance and Subjective Well-Being among Older Americans: Evidence from the General Social Survey
Steven E. Barkan, Susan F. Greenwood, Religious Attendance and Subjective Well-Being among Older Americans: Evidence from the General Social Survey, Review of Religious Research, Vol. 45, No. 2 (Dec., 2003), pp. 116-129
Current research on paganism and witchcraft in Britain
(1995). Current research on paganism and witchcraft in Britain. Journal of Contemporary Religion: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 185-192
The Children of God: A Make-Believe Revolution
Submitting to Freedom: The Religious Vision of William James
Emile Durkheim and C. G. Jung: Structuring a Transpersonal Sociology of Religion
Religion is a prevalent theme in the works of both Emile Durkheim and C. G. Jung, who participated in a common intellectual milieu. A comparison of Durkheim’s collective consciousness and Jung’s collective unconscious reveals strikingly similar concepts. The components of these structures, collective representations and archetypes, illustrate interdependent sociological and psychological processes in the theorized creation of religious phenomena.…
The Anthropology of Magic
Magic is arguably the least understood subject in anthropology today. Exotic and fascinating, it offers us a glimpse into another world but it also threatens to undermine the foundations of anthropology due to its supposed irrational and non-scientific nature. Magic has thus often been 'explained away' by social or psychological reduction. The Anthropology of Magic redresses the balance and brings magic, as an aspect of consciousness, into focus …
Religious Attendance and Subjective Well-Being among Older Americans: Evidence from the General Social Survey
Steven E. Barkan, Susan F. Greenwood, Religious Attendance and Subjective Well-Being among Older Americans: Evidence from the General Social Survey, Review of Religious Research, Vol. 45, No. 2 (Dec., 2003), pp. 116-129
A spectrum of magical consciousness: Conspiracy theories and the stories we tell ourselves
Magical thinking expressed in conspiracy theories is alive and well, as recent insurrection events at the US Capitol have shown, where alt-right White supremacist activists stormed the government waving Confederate flags and a noose to hang the vice president. This article suggests that such 'magical consciousness' is a pan-human mode of participatory awareness that plays out in a spectrum of various cultural situations with very different object…
Worldviews in Collision/Worldviews in Metamorphosis: Toward a Multistate Paradigm
This article is an extended commentary inspired by Alan Drengson's paper “Shifting Paradigms: From Technocrat to Planetary Person” (Drengson 2011). In this article Susan Greenwood and I echo Drengson's criticism that Euro-American science is incomplete, having committed what Thomas Roberts calls “The Singlestate Fallacy: the erroneous assumption that all worthwhile abilities reside in our normal, awake mindbody state” (Roberts 2006:105). This sin…
Emile Durkheim and C. G. Jung: Structuring a Transpersonal Sociology of Religion
Religion is a prevalent theme in the works of both Emile Durkheim and C. G. Jung, who participated in a common intellectual milieu. A comparison of Durkheim’s collective consciousness and Jung’s collective unconscious reveals strikingly similar concepts. The components of these structures, collective representations and archetypes, illustrate interdependent sociological and psychological processes in the theorized creation of religious phenomena.…
Current research on paganism and witchcraft in Britain
(1995). Current research on paganism and witchcraft in Britain. Journal of Contemporary Religion: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 185-192
Emile Durkheim and C. G. Jung: Structuring a Transpersonal Sociology of Religion
Religion is a prevalent theme in the works of both Emile Durkheim and C. G. Jung, who participated in a common intellectual milieu. A comparison of Durkheim’s collective consciousness and Jung’s collective unconscious reveals strikingly similar concepts. The components of these structures, collective representations and archetypes, illustrate interdependent sociological and psychological processes in the theorized creation of religious phenomena.…
Submitting to Freedom: The Religious Vision of William James
Current research on paganism and witchcraft in Britain
(1995). Current research on paganism and witchcraft in Britain. Journal of Contemporary Religion: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 185-192
The Children of God: A Make-Believe Revolution
Religious Attendance and Subjective Well-Being among Older Americans: Evidence from the General Social Survey
Steven E. Barkan, Susan F. Greenwood, Religious Attendance and Subjective Well-Being among Older Americans: Evidence from the General Social Survey, Review of Religious Research, Vol. 45, No. 2 (Dec., 2003), pp. 116-129
Worldviews in Collision/Worldviews in Metamorphosis: Toward a Multistate Paradigm
This article is an extended commentary inspired by Alan Drengson's paper “Shifting Paradigms: From Technocrat to Planetary Person” (Drengson 2011). In this article Susan Greenwood and I echo Drengson's criticism that Euro-American science is incomplete, having committed what Thomas Roberts calls “The Singlestate Fallacy: the erroneous assumption that all worthwhile abilities reside in our normal, awake mindbody state” (Roberts 2006:105). This sin…
Emile Durkheim and C. G. Jung: Structuring a Transpersonal Sociology of Religion
Religion is a prevalent theme in the works of both Emile Durkheim and C. G. Jung, who participated in a common intellectual milieu. A comparison of Durkheim’s collective consciousness and Jung’s collective unconscious reveals strikingly similar concepts. The components of these structures, collective representations and archetypes, illustrate interdependent sociological and psychological processes in the theorized creation of religious phenomena.…
The Owl, the Dragon and the Magician: Reflections on Being an Anthropologist Studying Magic
This article documents the life of an anthropologist studying magic; it chronicles her trajectory of finding a place between the rationalized, analytically based academy on the one hand, and a life infused with spirits on the other. Not wanting to prioritize either critical thinking or the reality of a non-material world, Susan Greenwood shows how she has explored a magical terrain engaging sensory experiences, the imagination as a ‘doorway’ into…
The Anthropology of Magic
Magic is arguably the least understood subject in anthropology today. Exotic and fascinating, it offers us a glimpse into another world but it also threatens to undermine the foundations of anthropology due to its supposed irrational and non-scientific nature. Magic has thus often been 'explained away' by social or psychological reduction. The Anthropology of Magic redresses the balance and brings magic, as an aspect of consciousness, into focus …
Gender and power in magical practices
A spectrum of magical consciousness: Conspiracy theories and the stories we tell ourselves
Magical thinking expressed in conspiracy theories is alive and well, as recent insurrection events at the US Capitol have shown, where alt-right White supremacist activists stormed the government waving Confederate flags and a noose to hang the vice president. This article suggests that such 'magical consciousness' is a pan-human mode of participatory awareness that plays out in a spectrum of various cultural situations with very different object…
Sociology (10 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Consciousness (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works)