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- catalog abstract ""Uncertainty is an aspect of existence among the Maasai in East Africa. They take ritual precautions against mystical misfortune, especially at their ceremonial gatherings, which exude displays of confidence, and generate a sense of time, space, community, and being. Yet their performances are undermined by a concern for clandestine psychopaths who are thought to create havoc through sorcery. "Normally elders seek moral explanations for erratic encounters with misfortune, viewing God as the Supreme and unknowable figure of Providence. However, sorcery lies beyond their collective wisdom, and they look for guidance from their Prophet, as a more powerful sorcerer to whom they are bound for protection. "This work examines the variation of this pattern, associated with different profiles of social life and tension across the Maasai federation."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13090367.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Normally elders seek moral explanations for erratic encounters with misfortune, viewing God as the Supreme and unknowable figure of Providence. However, sorcery lies beyond their collective wisdom, and they look for guidance from their Prophet, as a more powerful sorcerer to whom they are bound for protection.".
- catalog description ""This work examines the variation of this pattern, associated with different profiles of social life and tension across the Maasai federation."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Uncertainty is an aspect of existence among the Maasai in East Africa. They take ritual precautions against mystical misfortune, especially at their ceremonial gatherings, which exude displays of confidence, and generate a sense of time, space, community, and being. Yet their performances are undermined by a concern for clandestine psychopaths who are thought to create havoc through sorcery.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- pt. I. The boundaries of time, space, and certainty -- 2. The age system, and the social construction of time and experience -- 3. Power and the social construction of space -- 4. Providence and the cosmology of misfortune -- 5. The Loonkidongi diviners and Prophets -- 6. Loonkidongi oracles and cyclical reckoning among the Maasai.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-278) and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xv, 287 p. :".
- catalog identifier "041531724X".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog spatial "Kenya.".
- catalog subject "306/.89/965 21".
- catalog subject "Age groups Kenya.".
- catalog subject "Cosmology, Maasai.".
- catalog subject "DT433.545.M33 S65 2003".
- catalog subject "Maasai (African people) Psychology.".
- catalog subject "Maasai (African people) Rites and ceremonies.".
- catalog subject "Space and time.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- pt. I. The boundaries of time, space, and certainty -- 2. The age system, and the social construction of time and experience -- 3. Power and the social construction of space -- 4. Providence and the cosmology of misfortune -- 5. The Loonkidongi diviners and Prophets -- 6. Loonkidongi oracles and cyclical reckoning among the Maasai.".
- catalog title "Time, space, and the unknown : Maasai configurations of power and providence / Paul Spencer.".
- catalog type "text".