Coincidences

Synchronicity, Verisimilitude, and Storytelling

AvMichael Jackson

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Most people have a story to tell about a remarkable coincidence that in some instances changed the course of their lives. These uncanny occurrences have been variously interpreted as evidence of divine influence, fate, or the collective unconscious. Less common are explanations that explore the social situations and personal preoccupations of the individuals who place the most weight on coincidences. Drawing on a variety of coincidence stories, renowned anthropologist Michael Jackson builds a case for seeing them as allegories of separation and loss—revealing the hope of repairing sundered lives, reconnecting estranged friends, reuniting distant kin, closing the gap between people and their gods, and achieving a sense of emotional and social connectedness with others in a fragmented world.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-04-27
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:318 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:University of California Press
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520379961

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Michael Jackson is an anthropologist, poet, and fiction writer. He teaches at Harvard Divinity School, and his most recent books include Critique of Identity Thinking, The Paper Nautilus, and The Work of Art.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceTime to TimeA World in a Grain of SandLost and FoundSynchronicity and SufferingThe Other PortionCorrespondencesShips That Pass in the NightChance MeetingCoincidence and TheodicyAmazing GraceAbout TimeMarch 15, 2019Person to PersonConfluencesLoveIt So Happened That . . .Contrived CoincidencesThe Double Chinese BoxesAutumn LeavesMagdalene of the Black RoseAll the Birds of the Air Place to PlaceThe Relativity of Our ViewpointsAs Time Goes ByPieces of MusicStrangers on a TrainThe Lost ChildIn the Nature of ThingsIl Ritorno in Patria Affective CoincidencesCoincidence and Fate The Question of VerisimilitudeCodaAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex