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Not quite shamans : spirit worlds and political lives in northern Mongolia, Morten Axel Pedersen
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- Summary
- The forms of contemporary society and politics are often understood to be diametrically opposed to any expression of the supernatural; what happens when those forms are themselves regarded as manifestations of spirits and other occult phenomena? In Not Quite Shamans, Morten Axel Pedersen explores how the Darhad people of Northern Mongolia's remote Shishged Valley have understood and responded to the disruptive transition to postsocialism by engaging with shamanic beliefs and practices associated with the past. For much of the twentieth century, Mongolia's communist rulers attempted to eradicate shamanism and the shamans who once served as spiritual guides and community leaders. With the transition from a collectivized economy and a one-party state to a global capitalist market and liberal democracy in the 1990s, the people of the Shishged were plunged into a new and harsh world that seemed beyond their control. 'Not-quite-shamans'-young, unemployed men whose undirected energies erupted in unpredictable, frightening bouts of violence and drunkenness that seemed occult in their excess- became a serious threat to the fabric of community life. Drawing on long-term fieldwork in Northern Mongolia, Pedersen details how, for many Darhads, the postsocialist state itself has become shamanic in nature. In the ideal version of traditional Darhad shamanism, shamans can control when and for what purpose their souls travel, whether to other bodies, landscapes, or worlds. Conversely, caught between uncontrollable spiritual powers and an excessive display of physical force, the 'not-quite-shamans' embody the chaotic forms-the free market, neoliberal reform, and government corruption-that have created such upheaval in peoples lives. As an experimental ethnography of recent political and economic transformations in Mongolia through the defamiliarizing prism of shamans and their lack, Not Quite Shamans is an attempt to write about as well as theorize postsocialism, and shamanism, in a new way
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 250 pages)
- Contents
-
- Shamanic states
- The shamanic predicament
- Layered lands, layered minds
- The shaman's two bodies
- Mischievous souls
- Isbn
- 9780801460937
- Label
- Not quite shamans : spirit worlds and political lives in northern Mongolia
- Title
- Not quite shamans
- Title remainder
- spirit worlds and political lives in northern Mongolia
- Statement of responsibility
- Morten Axel Pedersen
- Subject
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- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Gesellschaftsleben
- Mongolei
- Mongolei
- Mongolia
- Mongolia -- Politics and government -- 1992-
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
- Politics and government
- Politik
- Politik
- Post-communism
- Post-communism -- Mongolia
- Postkommunismus
- Religion
- Religion
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- Schamanismus
- Schamanismus
- Shamanism -- Political aspects
- Shamanism -- Political aspects -- Mongolia
- Since 1992
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The forms of contemporary society and politics are often understood to be diametrically opposed to any expression of the supernatural; what happens when those forms are themselves regarded as manifestations of spirits and other occult phenomena? In Not Quite Shamans, Morten Axel Pedersen explores how the Darhad people of Northern Mongolia's remote Shishged Valley have understood and responded to the disruptive transition to postsocialism by engaging with shamanic beliefs and practices associated with the past. For much of the twentieth century, Mongolia's communist rulers attempted to eradicate shamanism and the shamans who once served as spiritual guides and community leaders. With the transition from a collectivized economy and a one-party state to a global capitalist market and liberal democracy in the 1990s, the people of the Shishged were plunged into a new and harsh world that seemed beyond their control. 'Not-quite-shamans'-young, unemployed men whose undirected energies erupted in unpredictable, frightening bouts of violence and drunkenness that seemed occult in their excess- became a serious threat to the fabric of community life. Drawing on long-term fieldwork in Northern Mongolia, Pedersen details how, for many Darhads, the postsocialist state itself has become shamanic in nature. In the ideal version of traditional Darhad shamanism, shamans can control when and for what purpose their souls travel, whether to other bodies, landscapes, or worlds. Conversely, caught between uncontrollable spiritual powers and an excessive display of physical force, the 'not-quite-shamans' embody the chaotic forms-the free market, neoliberal reform, and government corruption-that have created such upheaval in peoples lives. As an experimental ethnography of recent political and economic transformations in Mongolia through the defamiliarizing prism of shamans and their lack, Not Quite Shamans is an attempt to write about as well as theorize postsocialism, and shamanism, in a new way
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pedersen, Morten Axel
- Dewey number
- 306.09517/309049
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- charts
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- LC call number
- BL2370.S5
- LC item number
- P36 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Culture and society after socialism
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Shamanism
- Post-communism
- Mongolia
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Politics and government
- Post-communism
- Shamanism
- Mongolia
- Religion
- Politik
- Postkommunismus
- Gesellschaftsleben
- Schamanismus
- Mongolei
- Schamanismus
- Religion
- Politik
- Mongolei
- Label
- Not quite shamans : spirit worlds and political lives in northern Mongolia, Morten Axel Pedersen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Shamanic states -- The shamanic predicament -- Layered lands, layered minds -- The shaman's two bodies -- Mischievous souls
- Control code
- 732957136
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 250 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780801460937
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.7591/9780801460937
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4r12z
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)732957136
- Label
- Not quite shamans : spirit worlds and political lives in northern Mongolia, Morten Axel Pedersen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Shamanic states -- The shamanic predicament -- Layered lands, layered minds -- The shaman's two bodies -- Mischievous souls
- Control code
- 732957136
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 250 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780801460937
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.7591/9780801460937
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4r12z
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)732957136
Subject
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Gesellschaftsleben
- Mongolei
- Mongolei
- Mongolia
- Mongolia -- Politics and government -- 1992-
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
- Politics and government
- Politik
- Politik
- Post-communism
- Post-communism -- Mongolia
- Postkommunismus
- Religion
- Religion
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- Schamanismus
- Schamanismus
- Shamanism -- Political aspects
- Shamanism -- Political aspects -- Mongolia
- Since 1992
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