Name: African Science: Witchcraft, Vodun, and Healing in Southern Benin (en Inglés)
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Author: Douglas J. Falen
ISBN: 9780299318901

portada African Science: Witchcraft, Vodun, and Healing in Southern Benin (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

University Of Wisconsin Press

Autor

Douglas J. Falen

Año

2018

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

240

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN13

9780299318901

Categorías

Religiones y creencias africanas tradicionales
Otras religiones indígenas, étnicas y populares

African Science: Witchcraft, Vodun, and Healing in Southern Benin (en Inglés)

Douglas J. Falen (Autor) · University Of Wisconsin Press · Tapa Dura

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Reseña del libro "African Science: Witchcraft, Vodun, and Healing in Southern Benin (en Inglés)"

In this sensitive and personal investigation into Benin's occult world, Douglas J. Falen wrestles with the challenges of encountering a reality in which magic, science, and the Vodun religion converge into a single universal force. He takes seriously his Beninese interlocutors' insistence that the indigenous phenomenon known as àze ("witchcraft") is an African science, credited with fantastic and productive deeds, such as teleportation and supernatural healing. Although the Beninese understanding of àze reflects positive scientific properties in its use of specialized knowledge to harness nature's energy and realize economic success, its boundless power is inherently ambivalent because it can corrupt its users, who dispense death and destruction. Witches and healers are equivalent to supervillains and superheroes, locked in epic battles over malevolent and benevolent human desires. Beninese people's discourse about such mystical confrontations expresses a philosophy of moral duality and cosmic balance. Falen demonstrates how a deep engagement with another lived reality opens our minds and contributes to understanding across cultural difference.