{"title":"Stephan Palmié","description":"\u003cp\u003eStephan Palmié's works invite readers into the rich interplay between language, spirituality, and cultural traditions. Through titles such as \u003cem\u003eThe Mythology in Our Language – Remarks on Frazer’s Golden Bough\u003c\/em\u003e, he explores the depths of myth and ritual, shedding light on the enduring influence of ancient beliefs in contemporary thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEngaging with themes in \u003cstrong\u003eReligion \u0026amp; Spirituality\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/strong\u003e, Palmié’s writing offers a thoughtful blend of anthropological insight and linguistic analysis. His books encourage a deeper understanding of ritualistic practices and the symbolic frameworks that shape human experience across cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-mythology-in-our-language-remarks-on-frazers-golden-bough-by-stephan-palmie-9780990505068","title":"The Mythology in Our Language – Remarks on Frazer`s Golden Bough","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1931, Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote his famous \u003ci\u003eRemarks on Frazer’s Golden Bough\u003c\/i\u003e, published posthumously in 1967. At that time, anthropology and philosophy were in close contact—continental thinkers drew heavily on anthropology’s theoretical terms, like mana, taboo, and potlatch, in order to help them explore the limits of human belief and imagination. Now the book receives its first translation \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e an anthropologist, in the hope that it can kick-start a new era of interdisciplinary fertilisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWittgenstein’s remarks on ritual, magic, religion, belief, ceremony, and Frazer’s own logical presuppositions are as lucid and thought-provoking now as they were in Wittgenstein’s day. Anthropologists find themselves asking many of the same questions as Wittgenstein—and in a reflection of that, this volume is fleshed out with a series of engagements with Wittgenstein’s ideas by some of the world’s leading anthropologists, including Veena Das, David Graeber, Wendy James, Heonik Kwon, Michael Lambek, Michael Puett, and Carlo Severi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432986198252,"sku":"9780990505068","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780990505068.jpg?v=1774765905"},{"product_id":"thinking-with-ngangas-by-stephan-palmie-9780226825946","title":"Thinking with Ngangas","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThinking with Ngangas\u003c\/em\u003e offers a comparative investigation of Afro-Cuban ritual and Western science that aims to challenge the rationality of Western expert practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by the exercises of Father Lafitau, an eighteenth-century Jesuit priest and proto-ethnographer who compared the lives of the Iroquois to those of the ancient Greeks, Stephan Palmié embarks on a series of unusual comparative investigations of Afro-Cuban ritual and Western science.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat do organ transplants have to do with \u003cem\u003engangas\u003c\/em\u003e, a complex assemblage of mineral, animal, and vegetal materials, including human remains, that serve as the embodiment of the spirits of the dead? How do genomics and \"ancestry projects\" converge with divination and oracular systems? What does it mean that Black Cubans in the United States took advantage of Edisonian technology to project the disembodied voice of a mystical entity named \u003cem\u003eecué\u003c\/em\u003e onto the streets of Philadelphia? Can we consider Afro-Cuban spirit possession as a form of historical knowledge production?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy writing about Afro-Cuban ritual in relation to Western scientific practice, and vice versa, Palmié hopes to challenge the rationality of Western expert practices, revealing the logic that brings together enchantment and experiment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47433133064428,"sku":"9780226825946","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226825946.jpg?v=1774765515"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/stephan-palmie.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}