Possessing Spirits and Healing Selves

  • Palgrave Macmillan
  • 2014
  • Elektronisk medie
  • English
  • Udgave er ikke defineret
  • 9781137409607

Spirit possession involves the displacement of a human's conscious self by a powerful other who temporarily occupies the human's body. Here, Seligman shows that spirit possession represents a site for understanding fundamental aspects of human experience, especially those involved with interactions among meaning, embodiment, and subjectivity.