Conjuring Hope
( Epistemologies of Healing )
Publication series ：Epistemologies of Healing
Publisher： Berghahn Books
Publication year： 2005
E-ISBN: 9781782384717
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9781845450939
Subject： C91 Sociology;R4 Clinical Medicine
Keyword： null 临床医学,社会学SociologyClinical Medicine
Language： ENG
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Description
Notions of magic and healing have been changing over past years and are now understood as reflecting local ideas of power and agency, as well as structures of self, subjectivity and affect. This study focuses on contemporary urban Russia and, through exploring social conditions, conveys the experience of living that makes magic logical. By following people's own interpretations of the work of magic, the author succeeds in unraveling the logic of local practice and local understanding of affliction, commonly used to diagnose the experiences of illness and misfortune.
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