Conjuring Hope : : Healing and Magic in Contemporary Russia / / Galina Lindquist.
Notions of magic and healing have been changing over past years and are now understood as reflecting local ideas of power and agency, as well as structures of self, subjectivity and affect. This study focuses on contemporary urban Russia and, through exploring social conditions, conveys the experien...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2005] ©2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Epistemologies of Healing ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Marketing Magic
- 2. Magic as Semiotic Changes: Ontologies, Rituals and Terms of Affliction
- 3. Magic as Management of Emotions
- 4. The Icons of Power: Constructing Charisma from the Means at Hand
- 5. Charisma of the Office: Healing Power and Biomedical Legitimacy
- 6. The Unspeakable Emotions: Spells and Their Use in Working Life
- 7. The Magic of Business and the Fostering of Hope
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index