Navaho Witchcraft

Navaho Witchcraft
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Publisher : Beacon Press (MA)
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106018456787
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Book Synopsis Navaho Witchcraft by : Clyde Kluckhohn

Download or read book Navaho Witchcraft written by Clyde Kluckhohn and published by Beacon Press (MA). This book was released on 1967 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witchcraft is defined by Clyde Kluckhohn (1905-60) as "the influencing of events by super-natural techniques that are socially disapproved," and his description and analysis of Navaho ideas and actions related to witchcraft illuminate the ways in which society deals with the ambition for power, the aggressiveness, and the anxiety of its members.


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