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Shamans: Empowered healers or psychopaths
Kwiatkowski, Scott D.
Kwiatkowski, Scott D.
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1982
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Shaman,Healers,Mental health,Devereux
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Kwiatkowski, Scott D. (1982). Shamans: Empowered healers or psychopaths. -- Lambda Alpha Journal of Man, v.14, p.61-74.
Abstract
Article examines the controversy over shamanic inspirication
from the vantages of the leading advocates of each
position. Ackerknecht is arguing that shamans are normal
people filling a particular niche within their culture.
Devereux views shamanism not as a cultural role
but as a symptom of mental disorder. Kwiatkowski's
critical treatment of this debate reflects a middle of
the road approach, attempting to find a synthetic theory
making the two polar positions compatible.
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Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University
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LAJ
v.14
v.14
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0047-3928