The familial occult: explorations at the margins of critical autoethnography
"The Familial Occult addresses the presence of occult experiences in some scholars' families and how that has affected their epistemological and ontological worlds, as well as their identities as scholars. Those with backgrounds in the familial occult often experience a series of conflicti...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
New York Oxford
Berghahn
2024
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| In: |
EASA series (47)
Year: 2024 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | EASA series
47 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Autoethnografie
/ Occultism
/ Identity development
/ Self-reflection
/ Self-observation
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethnology
Methodology
B Occultism |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "The Familial Occult addresses the presence of occult experiences in some scholars' families and how that has affected their epistemological and ontological worlds, as well as their identities as scholars. Those with backgrounds in the familial occult often experience a series of conflicting relationships and different ways of interacting with binaries such as the subjective and objective, a powerful conceptual couple still governing academic thinking. While much has been written on encountering the occult in fieldwork or becoming an apprentice in an occult practice, little yet has been published in the academic literature about growing up with the occult"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | viii, 197 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 978-1-80539-175-3 |
