The religion of the shamans: history, politics, and the emergence of Shamanism in Transbaikalia

Do religious traditions not related to written texts have a history? The author explores this question using Buryat shamanism as a case study. Disentangling this religious tradition from its presumed ahistorical space, he places the history of Buryat shamanism in the context of sociopolitical events...

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Main Author: Sobkowiak, Piotr (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Paderborn Brill Schöningh [2023]
In: Eurasian studies library (volume 18)
Year: 2023
Series/Journal:Eurasian studies library volume 18
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Region Transbaikalien / Buriats / Shamanism / Tradition / Religious policy / History 1700-1900 / Source criticism
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BB Indigenous religions
KBK Europe (East)
TJ Modern history
Further subjects:B Asiatische Geschichte
B Buryatia
B Postcolonialism
B Monogolei
B Tibet
B buddhism
B Thesis
B Russia
B Discourse Analysis
B Mongolia
B History of religion studies
B Buddhism
B Colonialism
B Burjatien
B History of Religions
B Siberia
B Discourse analysis
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Summary:Do religious traditions not related to written texts have a history? The author explores this question using Buryat shamanism as a case study. Disentangling this religious tradition from its presumed ahistorical space, he places the history of Buryat shamanism in the context of sociopolitical events that unfolded in Mongolia and Transbaikalia between the late 16th and the 19th centuries
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 234-251
ISBN:3506790951
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.30965/9783657790951