The political sociology and anthropology of evil : tricksterology /: tricksterology. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Agnes Horvath and Arpad Szakolczai.
• Authors: Horváth, Ágnes, 1957-; Szakolczai, Árpád
• Contents: Introduction Part 1: Presenting the Trickster 1. The Trickster in Anthropology: The Figure as seen from the Outside 2. Techniques of Trickster Entrapment: The Nets of Spiders and Magicians 3. Hermes the Trickster and the Kabeiroi: Moving Towards Evil 4. Plato’s Theaetetus : The Sophists and Secret Trickster Knowledge 5. Vedic Tricksterology: Tricking the Body into Self-Destruction Part 2: Tracking Trickster Traces: Evil Machinations 6. Prehistoric Trickster: Archaic Outlines of Evil 7. The Troglodytes: Evil Protoscientific Methods for Transformation 8. Monsters: Creatures of the Flux 9. Evil Alchemy: The Incommensurable Concluding Comments: On Methodology in Tricksterology
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 208 pages)
• Subjects: 306.2; Political sociology; Tricksters; Political sociology; Tricksters
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429458415; 9780429857669; 0429857667; 9780429857652; 0429857659
• Related ISBNs: 042945841X; 9781138312142
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 24, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.