Before and After Psychopathology: A Foucault- Inspired Perspective on Western Knowledge Concerning the Shaman
Fourth World Journal August 13, 2025 Tony B. Benning 3 citations
This paper attempts to characterize the key stages in the evolution of Western academia’s construction of shamans and shamanism as well as elucidate those factors that have underpinned particular constructions. In doing so, it draws on the writings of the late French philosopher Michel Foucault, and particularly on such Foucauldian motifs as episteme, knowledge, and power. A central argument...