Haunted by the Archaic Shaman: Himalayan Jhakris and the Discourse on Shamanism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780739126219)

Haunted by the Archaic Shaman critically engages the general discourse on shamanism by using ethnographic data gathered among different ethnic groups in the Nepal Himalayas to address several key conceptual issues and problems in the scholarly field of shamanic studies. Sidky not only tackles topics that appear beyond resolution to many, such as defining shamanism and delimiting its geographical scope, but also challenges on empirical and theoretical grounds several widely held ideas that have assumed the status of incontrovertible facts, such as the antiquity of shamanism and its place in the rise of human religiosity. This book makes a significant theoretical contribution to the field of shamanic studies and the anthropology of religion.

Author: H. Sidky
ISBN-10: 0739126210
ISBN-13: 9780739126219
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.40w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 18