Ioan M Lewis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3586172 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ioan M Lewis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ioan M |
| FAMILY NAME | Lewis |
| SIGNATURE | LEWIS I M |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Arguments with Ethnography
Social and Cultural Anthropology in Perspective
Social anthropology is, in the classic definition, dedicated to the study of distant civilizations in their traditional and contemporary forms. But there is a larger aspiration: the comparative study of all human societies in the light of those challengingly unfamiliar beliefs and customs that expose our own ethnocentric limitations and put us in our place within the wider gamut of the world's civilizations. Thematically guided by social setting …
The Social Roots and Meaning of Trance and Possession
The sociology of religion has made little effort to understand the sociological dimensions of ecstatic forms of religion, including trance and/or possession, forms that are central to the religion and spirituality of people worldwide. Looking at the social roots and meaning of trance and possession, this article explores the correspondence between religious and sexual experience through an examination of altered states of consciousness most frequ…
Bernardo Bernardi
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The Social Roots and Meaning of Trance and Possession
Visible and Invisible Differences
In exploring the difficulties experienced by the traditionally politically uncentralised Somalis in establishing a stable and effective state, based on their ethnicity, this article compares ethnicity, nationalism and lineage identity. In this case, ethnicity and nationalism are local products, influenced but not created by the colonial experience. They have had to contend with the intractable force of segmentary lineage identity, which has prove…
Adventures in Somali anthropology
Lewis Ioan M. Adventures in Somali anthropology. In: Annales d'Ethiopie. Volume 19, année 2003. pp. 307-321
Africa and the Anthropologist
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Africa and the Anthropologist
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Making Peace in Somaliland
This paper reports the results of a brief anthropological field study, carried out in the summer 1993, on the organisation and progress of grass-roots peace initiatives in the Somaliland Republic. Fieldwork was supplemented by a literature survey and based on the joint authors' previous extensive research in Somalia. When President Siad's government was overthrown in Mogadishu, the Somaliland National movement, based on the Isaaq clans, set up an…
The Shaman's Quest in Africa
À la recherche d'un chamanisme africain. - L'étude classique de Mircea Eliade sur le chamanisme à travers le monde laisse volontairement de côté le continent africain. Curieusement, cette absence a conduit à accréditer l'idée qu'il n'existe pas de chaman en Afrique et que le thème de l'« envol mystique » y est absent. Cette analyse, que l'on doit à Luc De Heusch ainsi qu'à un grand nombre d'autres anthropologues, ne tient pas compte, ou sous-esti…
Blood and Bone
Fieldnotes
The Taste of Blood
Candomble, a religion that traces its origins to West Africa, has become a major cultural force by adapting itself to the realities of contemporary Brazil. Spirit possession is an important feature of the rituals of this religion, and it also plays a significant part in the everyday lives of its adherents. The fact that Candomble is an essentially oral tradition means that it is difficult to understand if one attempts to separate it from the part…
Somalia
Spirit Possession and Biological Reductionism
Symbols and Sentiments
Symbols and Sentiments
Visible and Invisible Differences
In exploring the difficulties experienced by the traditionally politically uncentralised Somalis in establishing a stable and effective state, based on their ethnicity, this article compares ethnicity, nationalism and lineage identity. In this case, ethnicity and nationalism are local products, influenced but not created by the colonial experience. They have had to contend with the intractable force of segmentary lineage identity, which has prove…
Social and Cultural Anthropology in Perspective
Social anthropology is, in the classic definition, dedicated to the study of distant civilizations in their traditional and contemporary forms. But there is a larger aspiration: the comparative study of all human societies in the light of those challengingly unfamiliar beliefs and customs that expose our own ethnocentric limitations and put us in our place within the wider gamut of the world's civilizations. Thematically guided by social setting …
Making Peace in Somaliland
This paper reports the results of a brief anthropological field study, carried out in the summer 1993, on the organisation and progress of grass-roots peace initiatives in the Somaliland Republic. Fieldwork was supplemented by a literature survey and based on the joint authors' previous extensive research in Somalia. When President Siad's government was overthrown in Mogadishu, the Somaliland National movement, based on the Isaaq clans, set up an…
Spirit Possession and Biological Reductionism
The Shaman's Quest in Africa
À la recherche d'un chamanisme africain. - L'étude classique de Mircea Eliade sur le chamanisme à travers le monde laisse volontairement de côté le continent africain. Curieusement, cette absence a conduit à accréditer l'idée qu'il n'existe pas de chaman en Afrique et que le thème de l'« envol mystique » y est absent. Cette analyse, que l'on doit à Luc De Heusch ainsi qu'à un grand nombre d'autres anthropologues, ne tient pas compte, ou sous-esti…
Fieldnotes
Symbols and Sentiments
Spirit Possession and Biological Reductionism
Somalia
The Taste of Blood
Candomble, a religion that traces its origins to West Africa, has become a major cultural force by adapting itself to the realities of contemporary Brazil. Spirit possession is an important feature of the rituals of this religion, and it also plays a significant part in the everyday lives of its adherents. The fact that Candomble is an essentially oral tradition means that it is difficult to understand if one attempts to separate it from the part…
Fieldnotes
Blood and Bone
Making Peace in Somaliland
This paper reports the results of a brief anthropological field study, carried out in the summer 1993, on the organisation and progress of grass-roots peace initiatives in the Somaliland Republic. Fieldwork was supplemented by a literature survey and based on the joint authors' previous extensive research in Somalia. When President Siad's government was overthrown in Mogadishu, the Somaliland National movement, based on the Isaaq clans, set up an…
The Shaman's Quest in Africa
À la recherche d'un chamanisme africain. - L'étude classique de Mircea Eliade sur le chamanisme à travers le monde laisse volontairement de côté le continent africain. Curieusement, cette absence a conduit à accréditer l'idée qu'il n'existe pas de chaman en Afrique et que le thème de l'« envol mystique » y est absent. Cette analyse, que l'on doit à Luc De Heusch ainsi qu'à un grand nombre d'autres anthropologues, ne tient pas compte, ou sous-esti…
Africa and the Anthropologist
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Africa and the Anthropologist
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Adventures in Somali anthropology
Lewis Ioan M. Adventures in Somali anthropology. In: Annales d'Ethiopie. Volume 19, année 2003. pp. 307-321
Visible and Invisible Differences
In exploring the difficulties experienced by the traditionally politically uncentralised Somalis in establishing a stable and effective state, based on their ethnicity, this article compares ethnicity, nationalism and lineage identity. In this case, ethnicity and nationalism are local products, influenced but not created by the colonial experience. They have had to contend with the intractable force of segmentary lineage identity, which has prove…
The Social Roots and Meaning of Trance and Possession
Bernardo Bernardi
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the 'Save PDF' action button
The Social Roots and Meaning of Trance and Possession
The sociology of religion has made little effort to understand the sociological dimensions of ecstatic forms of religion, including trance and/or possession, forms that are central to the religion and spirituality of people worldwide. Looking at the social roots and meaning of trance and possession, this article explores the correspondence between religious and sexual experience through an examination of altered states of consciousness most frequ…
Social and Cultural Anthropology in Perspective
Social anthropology is, in the classic definition, dedicated to the study of distant civilizations in their traditional and contemporary forms. But there is a larger aspiration: the comparative study of all human societies in the light of those challengingly unfamiliar beliefs and customs that expose our own ethnocentric limitations and put us in our place within the wider gamut of the world's civilizations. Thematically guided by social setting …
Arguments with Ethnography
Sociology (13 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Anthropology (8 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (7 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · African history and culture analysis (6 works) · History (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (5 works) · History (5 works)