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Shamanism and the Eighteenth Century

Marilyn Walker

Anthropology of Consciousness December 1, 1993 DOI: 10.1525/ac.1993.4.4.20 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Historical analysis Peer reviewed
Topics Shamanism
Key points Argues that eighteenth-century European encounters with shamanism significantly influenced Romantic thought and the emerging disciplines of anthropology and religious studies.

Abstract

Shamanism and the Eighteenth Century. Gloria Flaherty. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992. 320 pp. $35.00 (cloth).