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Powerful Things : The History and Theory of Sacred Objects.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kohl, Karl-Heinz, 1948-
- Standardized Title:
- Macht der Dinge. English.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fetishes (Ceremonial objects).
- Fetishism--History.
- Fetishism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Powerful Things
- Place of Publication:
- Canon Pyon : Sean Kingston Publishing, 2020.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the German.
- Summary:
- This book offers nothing less than a comprehensive theory of the sacred object from the viewpoint of anthropology and the history of religion. Taking the riddle of fetishism as its starting point, it shows how people of all cultures ascribe immeasurable value to things, even to the point of making their own destiny dependent on them.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- 1 The fetishes of the West Africa coast
- 2 The prohibition of images and the Christian cult of relics
- 3 The invention of fetishm: Travelogues &
- early critiques of religion
- 4 Object genres
- 5 The genesis of sacred objects
- 6 Museum: Temple of the muses
- Index.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Die Macht der Dinge : Geschichte und Theorie sakraler Objekte
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-912385-28-7
- OCLC:
- 1240492895
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