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Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa

Af: Adam Ashforth Engelsk Paperback

Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa

Af: Adam Ashforth Engelsk Paperback
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How does democracy fare when the people governed insist they live in a world with witches? If the government of a people afflicted by witchcraft refuses to punish witches, how does it avoid becoming alienated from the perceived needs of its people or, worse, seen as being in league with witches? In Soweto, South Africa, the constant threat of violent crime, the increase in black socio-economic inequality, the AIDS pandemic, and a widespread fear of witchcraft have converged to create a pervasive sense of insecurity among citizens and a unique public policy problem for government. In Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa, Adam Ashforth examines how people in Soweto and other parts of post-apartheid South Africa manage their fear of 'evil forces' such as witchcraft. Ashforth examines the dynamics of insecurity in the everyday life of Soweto at the turn of the twenty-first century. He develops a new framework for understanding occult violence as a form of spiritual insecurity and documents new patterns of interpretation attributing agency to evil forces. Finally, he analyzes the response of post-apartheid governments to issues of spiritual insecurity and suggests how these matters pose severe long-term challenges to the legitimacy of the democratic state.
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How does democracy fare when the people governed insist they live in a world with witches? If the government of a people afflicted by witchcraft refuses to punish witches, how does it avoid becoming alienated from the perceived needs of its people or, worse, seen as being in league with witches? In Soweto, South Africa, the constant threat of violent crime, the increase in black socio-economic inequality, the AIDS pandemic, and a widespread fear of witchcraft have converged to create a pervasive sense of insecurity among citizens and a unique public policy problem for government. In Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa, Adam Ashforth examines how people in Soweto and other parts of post-apartheid South Africa manage their fear of 'evil forces' such as witchcraft. Ashforth examines the dynamics of insecurity in the everyday life of Soweto at the turn of the twenty-first century. He develops a new framework for understanding occult violence as a form of spiritual insecurity and documents new patterns of interpretation attributing agency to evil forces. Finally, he analyzes the response of post-apartheid governments to issues of spiritual insecurity and suggests how these matters pose severe long-term challenges to the legitimacy of the democratic state.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 376
ISBN-13: 9780226029740
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0226029743
Kategori: Heksekunst
Udg. Dato: 15 jan 2005
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 153mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato: 15 jan 2005
Forfatter(e): Adam Ashforth
Forfatter(e) Adam Ashforth

Kategori Heksekunst

ISBN-13 9780226029740

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 376

Udgave

Længde 25mm

Bredde 153mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 15 jan 2005

Oplagsdato 15 jan 2005

Forlag The University of Chicago Press