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A Shared Intentional Space of Witch-Hunt and Sacrifice
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Rio, Knut |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | In this article, the issue is whether witch-hunts can be seen to share certain aspects with the realm of sacrifice. With resource to recent developments in the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu, it is argued that witchcraft is ‘the other side of sacrifice’ in more than one sense: firstly, as the witch is sacrificing its victim and breaking through to the social world from a world beyond and, secondly, as the witch-hunt is a movement with the purpose of sacrificing the accused witch for the healing of the community. The argument hinges on the alignment of the space intended by sacrifice and the space revealed by the appearance of the witch – as both articulating an engagement with ‘the very source of life’ (Hubert & Mauss 1964: 98). |
| Starting Page | 320 |
| Ending Page | 341 |
| Page Count | 22 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1080/00141844.2013.778308 |
| Volume Number | 79 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://egalitarianism.no/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/A-Shared-Intentional-Space-of-Witch-Hunt-and-Sacrifice.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2013.778308 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
