Andrei Znamenski's history works from documented primary sources, the writings of the Western scholars, artists and spiritual seekers themselves, to trace how the very idea of shamanism was imagined and constructed in Western thought from the eighteenth century to the present, rather than describing any actual shamanic tradition's own practice. That source based reception history is the study's real evidentiary basis. Use it for established facts about the Western reception and construction of the shamanism concept; it is a study of that reception history, not an ethnography of any specific shamanic tradition's own lived practice, which needs a dedicated regional source instead.
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Andrei Znamenski's scholarly history, published by Oxford University Press, of how Western scholars, artists and spiritual seekers have imagined and constructed the idea of shamanism since the eighteenth century; a study of that Western reception history, not an ethnography of any specific shamanic tradition's own practice. NotesScholarly history of how Western scholars, artists and spiritual seekers have imagined and constructed the idea of shamanism from the eighteenth century to the present. Use for established facts about the Western reception and construction of shamanism as a concept; a study of that reception history, not an ethnography of any specific shamanic tradition's own practice.
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AuthorAndrei A. Znamenski
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication Year2007
URLhttps://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-beauty-of-the-primitive-9780195172317
Source Typeacademic monograph
Claims Backed By This Source (57 claims)
This source backs 57 claims across the atlas. As facts: 39 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 16 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Historical Figures, 19 claims: 13 well-attested, 2 holds, 4 general references.
- Subcategories, 14 claims: 7 well-attested, 7 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Categories, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
- Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Regions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Religions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Religious Roles & Titles, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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39Sacred Objects & Ritual Items
General References
16Sacred Objects & Ritual Items
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