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An Analysis of E.E. Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande

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An Analysis of E.E. Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande

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The history of anthropology is, to a large extent, the history of differing modes of interpretation. As anthropologists have long known, examining, analyzing and recording cultures in the quest to understand humankind as a whole is a vastly complex task, in which nothing can be achieved without careful and incisive interpretative work. Edward Evans-Pritchard’s seminal 1937 Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic Among the Azande is a model contribution to anthropology’s grand interpretative project, and one whose success is based largely on its author’s thinking skills. A major issue in anthropology at the time was the common assumption that the faiths and customs of other cultures appeared irrational or illogical when compared to the “civilized” and scientific beliefs of the western world. Evans-Pritchard sought to challenge such definitions by embedding himself within a tribal culture in Africa – that of the Azande – and attempting to understand their beliefs in their proper contexts. By doing so, Evans-Pritchard proved just how vital context is to interpretation. Seen within their context, he was able to show, the beliefs of the Azande were far from irrational – and magic actually formed a coherent system that helped mould a functional community and society for the tribe. Evans-Pritchard’s efforts to clarify meaning in this way have proved hugely influential, and have played a major part in guiding later generations of anthropologists from his day to ours.

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An Analysis of Claude Levi-Strauss's Structural Anthropology

By: Jeffrey A. Becker,Kitty Wheater

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An Analysis of Claude Levi-Strauss's Structural Anthropology

By: Jeffrey A. Becker,Kitty Wheater

Claude Lévi-Strauss is probably the most complex anthropological theorist of all time. His work continues to influence present-day thinkers in his field, but he is perhaps even more influential beyond it. As one of the key figures in the development of what is known today as ‘French theory,’ Lévi-Strauss was one of the most important thinkers of the 20th-century. His theories of interpretation, meaning and culture have helped shape the ideas and methodologies of a range of disciplines, above all literature and philosophy. At the heart of Lévi-Strauss’s work are the questions of meaning and where meaning comes from. As an anthropologist, he was primarily interested in what completely different and separate cultures might have in common. Crucially, he saw how common ground resides not on the surface of cultures (i.e., in similar customs), but deep inside invisible background structures of thought. His quest was to peel away the surface of different cultures through careful interpretation, advancing from one layer to another until he discovered the structures that lay behind all of the exterior practices and meanings. Infamously challenging, his work shows interpretative skills working at the highest, most abstract level possible.

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Based on 20 months of fieldwork among the Azande people of South Sudan, Evans-Pritchard's work became the founding text in the anthropology of witchcraft.

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An Analysis of E.E. Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande

An Analysis of E.E. Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande

Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande

Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande

An Analysis of Claude Levi-Strauss's Structural Anthropology

An Analysis of Claude Levi-Strauss's Structural Anthropology

Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande

Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande

An Analysis of E.E. Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande

An Analysis of E.E. Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande

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