Bruce Kapferer is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen, Adjunct Professor at James Cook University and Honorary Professor at University College London.

"…Kapferer’s introduction is an intellectual tour de force, perhaps the most important rethinking of the problems of rationality that underlie the study of witchcraft and sorcery since Evans-Pritchard."  ·  American Anthropologist"…teems with interesting theoretical insights, and all the chapters are particularly strong in delineating local meanings within the framework of broader processes."  ·  African Studies Review"... shows that the discourses on 'occult economies' are multiple ... The presented essays are an excellent illustration of their variety of forms and constitute a valuable contribution to their understanding."  ·  Anthropos

• Introduction: Outside All Reason - Magic, Sorcery and Epistemology in AnthropologyB. KapfererChapter 1. Anthroposophy and Voodoo in Dominican-Haitian BorderlandsM. BrendbekkenChapter 2. The Smell of Death: Theft, Disgust and Ritual Practice in Central Lombok, IndonesiaK.G. TelleChapter 3. Sorcery, Modernity and the Constitutive Imaginary: Hybridising ContinuitiesB. KapfererChapter 4. The Sorcerer as the Absented Third Person: Formations of Fear and Anger in VanuatuK. RioChapter 5. Sorcerous Technologies and Religious Innovation in Sri LankaR. BastinChapter 6. Maleficent Fetishes and the Sensual Order of the Uncanny in South West CongoR. DevischChapter 7. Fantasy in Practice: Projection and Ontrojection, or the Witch and the Spirit-MediumM. LambekChapter 8. The Discourse of 'Ritual Murder': Popular Reaction to Political Leaders in BotswanaO. GulbrandsenChapter 9. Strange Fruit: The South African Truth Commission and Demonic Economies of ViolenceA. FeldmanNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex

Bruce Kapferer is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen, Adjunct Professor at James Cook University and Honorary Professor at University College London.

"…Kapferer’s introduction is an intellectual tour de force, perhaps the most important rethinking of the problems of rationality that underlie the study of witchcraft and sorcery since Evans-Pritchard."  ·  American Anthropologist"…teems with interesting theoretical insights, and all the chapters are particularly strong in delineating local meanings within the framework of broader processes."  ·  African Studies Review"... shows that the discourses on 'occult economies' are multiple ... The presented essays are an excellent illustration of their variety of forms and constitute a valuable contribution to their understanding."  ·  Anthropos

• Introduction: Outside All Reason - Magic, Sorcery and Epistemology in AnthropologyB. KapfererChapter 1. Anthroposophy and Voodoo in Dominican-Haitian BorderlandsM. BrendbekkenChapter 2. The Smell of Death: Theft, Disgust and Ritual Practice in Central Lombok, IndonesiaK.G. TelleChapter 3. Sorcery, Modernity and the Constitutive Imaginary: Hybridising ContinuitiesB. KapfererChapter 4. The Sorcerer as the Absented Third Person: Formations of Fear and Anger in VanuatuK. RioChapter 5. Sorcerous Technologies and Religious Innovation in Sri LankaR. BastinChapter 6. Maleficent Fetishes and the Sensual Order of the Uncanny in South West CongoR. DevischChapter 7. Fantasy in Practice: Projection and Ontrojection, or the Witch and the Spirit-MediumM. LambekChapter 8. The Discourse of 'Ritual Murder': Popular Reaction to Political Leaders in BotswanaO. GulbrandsenChapter 9. Strange Fruit: The South African Truth Commission and Demonic Economies of ViolenceA. FeldmanNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex

Bruce Kapferer is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen, Adjunct Professor at James Cook University and Honorary Professor at University College London.

"…Kapferer’s introduction is an intellectual tour de force, perhaps the most important rethinking of the problems of rationality that underlie the study of witchcraft and sorcery since Evans-Pritchard."  ·  American Anthropologist"…teems with interesting theoretical insights, and all the chapters are particularly strong in delineating local meanings within the framework of broader processes."  ·  African Studies Review"... shows that the discourses on 'occult economies' are multiple ... The presented essays are an excellent illustration of their variety of forms and constitute a valuable contribution to their understanding."  ·  Anthropos

• Introduction: Outside All Reason - Magic, Sorcery and Epistemology in AnthropologyB. KapfererChapter 1. Anthroposophy and Voodoo in Dominican-Haitian BorderlandsM. BrendbekkenChapter 2. The Smell of Death: Theft, Disgust and Ritual Practice in Central Lombok, IndonesiaK.G. TelleChapter 3. Sorcery, Modernity and the Constitutive Imaginary: Hybridising ContinuitiesB. KapfererChapter 4. The Sorcerer as the Absented Third Person: Formations of Fear and Anger in VanuatuK. RioChapter 5. Sorcerous Technologies and Religious Innovation in Sri LankaR. BastinChapter 6. Maleficent Fetishes and the Sensual Order of the Uncanny in South West CongoR. DevischChapter 7. Fantasy in Practice: Projection and Ontrojection, or the Witch and the Spirit-MediumM. LambekChapter 8. The Discourse of 'Ritual Murder': Popular Reaction to Political Leaders in BotswanaO. GulbrandsenChapter 9. Strange Fruit: The South African Truth Commission and Demonic Economies of ViolenceA. FeldmanNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex