Cosmos, Gods and Madmen

Cosmos, Gods and Madmen
Author :
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 220
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781785331787
ISBN-13 : 1785331787
Rating : 4/5 (787 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Cosmos, Gods and Madmen by : Roland Littlewood

Download or read book Cosmos, Gods and Madmen written by Roland Littlewood and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social anthropology of sickness and health has always been concerned with religious cosmologies: how societies make sense of such issues as prediction and control of misfortune and fate; the malevolence of others; the benevolence (or otherwise) of the mystical world; local understanding and explanations of the natural and ultra-human worlds. This volume presents differing categorizations and conflicts that occur as people seek to make sense of suffering and their experiences. Cosmologies, whether incorporating the divine or as purely secular, lead us to interpret human action and the human constitution, its ills and its healing and, in particular, ways which determine and limit our very possibilities.


Cosmos, Gods and Madmen Related Books

Cosmos, Gods and Madmen
Language: en
Pages: 220
Authors: Roland Littlewood
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-06-01 - Publisher: Berghahn Books

GET EBOOK

The social anthropology of sickness and health has always been concerned with religious cosmologies: how societies make sense of such issues as prediction and c
Introducing Anthropology of Religion
Language: en
Pages: 386
Authors: Jack David Eller
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-12-27 - Publisher: Routledge

GET EBOOK

This clear and engaging guide introduces students to key areas of the field and shows how to apply an anthropological approach to the study of religion in the c
The Devil is Disorder
Language: en
Pages: 262
Authors: Rebecca Lynch
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-10 - Publisher: Berghahn Books

GET EBOOK

What role might the Devil have in health and illness? The Devil is Disorder explores constructions of the body, health, illness and wider misfortune in a Trinid
Prince of Lies
Language: en
Pages: 325
Authors: James Lowder
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-17 - Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

GET EBOOK

The gods may have been restored to their rightful seats of power—but the end of the Time of Troubles does not mark the end of all strife Although the gods hav
Anthology of Classical Myth
Language: en
Pages: 608
Authors: Stephen M. Trzaskoma
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-06 - Publisher: Hackett Publishing

GET EBOOK

This new edition of Anthology of Classical Myth offers selections from key Near Eastern texts—the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Epic of Creation (Enuma Elish)