Spirit Possession and Biological Reductionism
A Rejoinder to Kehoe and Giletti
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2456376 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ioan Lewis (0000-0002-5512-1104), Ioan M Lewis (London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 412-413 |
| Publication date | 1983-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/aa.1983.85.2.02a00180 |
| OpenAlex | W2006280914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 8 |
Cult · Epistemology · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Possession (linguistics · Reductionism · Sociology · Theology · Classics · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Law · Philosophy
Historical and Ethnographic Setting
Spirits as Concepts
The Social Relevance of Spirits
The Research Community
Observing Possession
Introducing Possession
Explaining Distributions of Spirit Concepts and Spirit Possession
Medicalist, Physiological, and Sociological Explanations
Describing, Interpreting, and Explaining Spirit Possession
The Importance of a Pleasant Process of Treatment
The Mind Possessed
The Role of Women in African Traditional Religions
A Preliminary Model for the Cross-Cultural Analysis of Altered States of Consciousness
Women, Stress, and Participation in Possession Cults
Spirit Possession and Biological Reductionism
Finding a Fit
Psychological anthropology.
Religion, altered states of consciousness, and social change
Case studies in spirit possession
Ecstatic Religion
Survivances mystiques et culte de possession dans le maraboutisme tunisien
Spirit Possession and Deprivation Cults
Spirit Possession and Biological Reductionism
Women's Preponderance in Possession Cults
| Citations per year | 0.37 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1983 - 2007 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |