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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 133.40967 EAN: 9780198740292 Edition: Abridged Format: Abridged ISBN: 0198740298 Label: Oxford University Press, USA Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 265 Publication Date: June 24, 1976 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Studio: Oxford University Press, USA Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Great anthropological workI am in an anthropology class that studies magic, witchcraft,and healing among other cultures. This book was assigned for the class. Evans-Pritchard explains everything in great detail, and although the book is over 70 years old, he makes the culture seem alive to the reader. E-P doesn't write as though the Azande witchcraft beliefs are inferior to our own, and he admits that while he lived among them, he accepted their beliefs. He explains, at length, that their beliefs are just as logical ... Read More Rating: - African WitchcraftAlthough somewhat dated (being written around the turn of the century), this book is an excellent cultural survey of Zande magico-religious beliefs. The author spent time amongst the Azande of the Sudan and was one of the first westerners to study about the belief in witchcraft and sorcery. I would like to point out that in the terms of this book, witch is used to define malicious (or at least selfish) sorcerers. No offense to Wiccans or other New Agers, but traditional African religion does regard witchcraft ... Read More Rating:  - A fine work of AnthropologyEvans Pritchard is one of the foremost anthropologist in the twentieth century as well as being one of the first to do serious work in Africa. In this book his main focus is the three oracles of the Azande in the Sudan. These being in order of decreasing importance: the poison oracle, the termite oracle, and the rubbing board oracle. He spent extended time researching and was directly feed information from an informant who being taught the secrets of witchdoctors. On the negative side it does have a somewhat ... Read More Rating: - A controversial classic!This is an abridged reprint of a book originally published in 1937. This book by anthropologist Evans-Pritchard is best understood as a reaction against the work of the earlier anthropologist Levy-Bruhl. Levy-Bruhl had argued that "primitive" people have a "pre-logical" mentality, in that they are willing to accept worldviews that include contradictions. Evans-Pritchard disagrees, and uses the case study of the Azande, an African tribe, to make his point. The Azande routinely appealled to ... Read More Rating: - Evans-Pritchard comes through againEvans Pritchard is an essential contributor to the study of anthropology--a must read for any student of culture. 
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