Autor | CAICEDO FERNANDEZ, ALHENA |
Resumen | facultad de ciencias sociales antropologia
the radical otherness that heals proposes an
interesting theoretical advance in va-rious schools of local and regional, and
national and transnational analysis. it is based on a multilocal ethnography
and a detailed sociological and political reading of the interactions between
institutions and social and cultural representations of otherness. the original
theoretical proposal consists of reading the reconfiguration of shamanisms
stemming from processes of ethnicization and patrimonialization, and skillfully
recons-tructing the national ideological space and the most recent effects of
multiculturalism through representations of otherness.
anne-marie losonczy, director of studies at the ecole
pratique des hautes etudes, paris
the concept of the yagecero field serves as the axis
of this innovative research that in-tertwines a multi-sited ethnography with a
biographical approach to the actors. an ex-tensive review of the literature on
indigenous shamanisms, their networks, national po-litics, inter-ethnic
relations and representations of the radical alterity that heals makes it
possible for the reader to draw near, based on the close proximity of
neo-shamanic practices, to perceive the national and transnational influences
that are an integral part of the ongoing dynamics of this phenomenon. the
analysis of neo-shamanism and the practices of the taita yageceros in colombia
contributes to deepening current debates on contemporary shamanisms and the
broader issue of new religiosities, the transfor-mations of indigenous
shamanisms, the impact of contemporary non-indigenous sha-manisms on indigenous
groups and their politics of identity. this book provides a va-luable input to
the characterization of new age spirituality from its understanding as a
localized practice. it opens a space to compare the aforementioned
manifestations in colombia with similar ones in different countries.
esther jean langdon, professor at the federal university of
santa catarina, brazil |
