Mana : a history of a western category
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Meylan Nicolas ;
- Editeurs : Leiden Boston [Mass.] Brill ;
- Date d'édition : Copyright 2017
- ISBN : 978-90-04-34870-7, 90-04-34870-0
- Sujets : Mana, Civilisation occidentale, Philosophie de l'homme
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-206 p.), 24 cm
- Pays de publication : Pays-Bas, États-Unis
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Supplements to method & theory in the study of religion, Volume 10,, 2214-3270
Notes
La ressource est également disponible en version électronique ; Bibliogr. p. [177]-200. Index
Résumé
La 4e de couv. indique : 'In 'Mana: A History of a Western Category' Nicolas Meylan proposes a critical account of Western imaginations of mana, a word belonging originally to Oceanic languages but borrowed by European languages in which it acquired the meaning 'supernatural power.' While mana is best known for its tenure in the disciplines studying religion, Nicolas Meylan situates such academic uses in a wider context, analyzing the ways Westerners conceptualized mana in the earlier colonial context as well as its mobilizations in the late 20th and early 21st centuries by (video)game designers and Neo-Pagan witches. This focus on various Western uses of mana allows for the critical investigation of the ways power has been mystified in conjunction with religion.'