{"product_id":"powers-of-good-and-evil-social-transformation-and-popular-belief-9781571819925","title":"Powers of Good and Evil: Social Transformation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tA key theme in the anthropology of beliefs is the relationship between socio-economic change and changes in the belief system. It has been widely argued that rapid economic change, particularly the introduction of capitalism, leads to an increase in beliefs in, and representations of, evil and the devil. These beliefs, it is argued, constitute forms of resistance to, or rejection of, \"modernity.\" This volume builds on these arguments, suggesting that rather than an indigenous resistance to capitalism, such representations signal a profound moral ambivalence towards the socio-economic process inherent in capitalist economy. Using a range of examples, from Surinamese zombies to American horror films, it demonstrates the extent to which evil imagery is linked to a fear of excess, particularly in situations where people find themselves, or perceive themselves, to be peripheral to the centers of political, economic, and cultural power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“…lively and ethnographically interesting. This makes Powers of Good and Evil an excellent teaching resource.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Ethnos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJon P. Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Dangerous Creatures and the Enchantment of Modern Life\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBonno Thoden van Velzen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIneke van Wetering\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Witchcraft and New Forms of Wealth: Regional Variations in South and West Cameroon\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePeter Geschiere\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e The Devil, Satanism and the Evil Eye in Contemporary Malta\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJon P. Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e 'You Devil, Go Away from Me!' Pentecostalist African Christianity and the Powers of Good and Evil\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBirgit Meyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Modernity, Crisis, and the Rise of Charismatic Catholicism in Maltese Islands\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eNadia Theuma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Good, Evil and Godhood: Mormon Morality in the Material World\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eHildi J. Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e The State and the Empire of Evil\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJojada Verrips\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e The Iconography of Evil in Maltese Art\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eIsabelle Borg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eConclusions:\u003c\/b\u003e The Political Economy behind the Powers of Good and Evil\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePaul Clough\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041438302551,"sku":"9781571819925","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571819925.jpg?v=1750950279","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/powers-of-good-and-evil-social-transformation-and-popular-belief-9781571819925","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}