| Description |
xv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Shamanism and the eighteenth century / Gloria Flaherty. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- List of Illustrations Preface Introduction 3 Pt. 1 From Fables to Facts: The European Reception of Shamanism Ch. 1 The Paradigm of Permissibility, or, Early Reporting Strategies 21 Ch. 2 Eighteenth-Century Observations from the Field 43 Ch. 3 Interaction, Transformation, and Extinction 67 Ch. 4 Shamanism among the Medical Researchers 97 Pt. 2 Back to Fictions and Fantasies: The Implications of Shamanism for the Arts in Europe Ch. 5 The Impact of Russia on Diderot and Le neveu de Rameau 117 Ch. 6 Herder on the Artist as the Shaman of Western Civilization 132 Ch. 7 Mozart, or, Orpheus Reborn 150 Ch. 8 Shamans Failed and Successful in Goethe 166 Ch. 9 Faust, the Modern Shaman 183 Afterword: Toward a Shamanology 208 Notes 217 Bibliography 259 Index 293 -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Shamanism, Europe Intellectual life 18th century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-291) and index |
| Subject |
Shamanism -- History -- 18th century.
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Shamanism.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045728
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| LC no. |
91021073 |
| ISBN |
0691069239 (acid-free paper) |
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