Dreaming, Religion and Society in Africa

Erscheinungsjahr 1992
ISBN: 978-90-04-08936-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 517 g

Reihe: Studies of Religion in Africa

The contributors to this investigation of dreaming in a diversity of African cultures and settings have each approached the matter with a respect for an indigenous discourse which does not necessarily subscribe to Western evaluations of the objective and subjective. The matter of dreaming is not so much a psychological constant as ultimately sociological and historical.
Dream discourse as a strategy deploys contingencies in the elaboration of social relationships and the defence, restoration and promotion of identities. Dreaming is therefore prominent in such critical settings as sickness and healing, artistic inspiration and craftwork, election to religious office, conversion to Islam or Christianity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jedrej, M C

Shaw, Rosalind

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Indigene Religionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Bewusstseinszustände Schlaf- und Traumbewusstsein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie

Über Autor(innen)

M.C. Jedrej is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh, has written extensively on the Ingessana (Sudan) and the Mende (Sierra Leone), among each of whom he has conducted several years' field research.
Rosalind Shaw is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Tufts University, and has published several articles based on her field research among the Temne (Sierra Leone) and the Igbo (Nigeria). She is Deputy Editor of the Journal of Religion in Africa.