Exorcising the Trouble Makers: Magic, Science, and Culture

by Francis L.K. Hsu and Unknown

The very human need for religion and magic as supplements to scientific and technological knowledge is the subject of this work. In 1942 Hsu witnessed a cholera epidemic in a small rural settlement in Yunnan province, China, and found that, contrary to anthropological expectations, the Chinese responded to the crisis with a combination of conciliatory rituals and practical hygienic measures. More than thirty years later, he witnessed the elaborate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313237808
• ISBN13: 9780313237805
• Release Date: December 1983
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"