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Diviners Seeking Legitimation in Contemporary China
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Reveal the fault-lines of contemporary politics and the types of anxieties that are generated in a society that is rapidly modernizing while reinventing strict codes of hierarchy, Given the popularity of divination in many modern societies, and the lack of anthropological studies on the diviners' legitimation efforts, the book first makes an important contribution to the knowledge of popular divination-related beliefs and practices in modern society. Drawing on divination consultations with typical customers, the book reveals how modern society's universal requirement for self-governance and s...
Reveal the fault-lines of contemporary politics and the types of anxieties that are generated in a society that is rapidly modernizing while reinventing strict codes of hierarchy, Given the popularity of divination in many modern societies, and the lack of anthropological studies on the diviners' legitimation efforts, the book first makes an important contribution to the knowledge of popular divination-related beliefs and practices in modern society. Drawing on divination consultations with typical customers, the book reveals how modern society's universal requirement for self-governance and self-responsibility still has to contend with overwhelming social coercion and political uncertainty. The processes of legitimation described in this book are likely also to be found among other social actors. Therefore this inquiry is useful for understanding how a range of marginalized social groups or those in engaged in various forms of stigmatised behaviour justify their roles in society.
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