ANTR-3087EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mary Baker Eddy, Daniel David Palmer, Allan Kardec
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Natural: infection ; stress (physical or psychic); organic deterioration. Spirit aggression (99%), sorcery (86%), mystical retribution (79%) 139 societies, six areas based on linguistic affiliation and geographic proximity (why?) 2 underlying causes of disease causation: i) natural; and ii) supernatural (aging); accident; overt human aggression. All 139 assoc. illness to one supernatural cause; 75% to at least 1 natural cause. Sub-saharan africa: mystical retribution (96%); spirit aggression (96%), sorcery (78%), witchcraft (39%) Circum mediterranean: highest in witchcraft (85%), evil eye (88%) North america: sorcery (83%); spirit aggression (99%); mystical retribution (92%) Biomedicine is dominant worldwide, cam increasing in popularity. Today we live in a globalized, interconnected world a world that is being reshaped yet again by postcolonial, neoliberal economic policies, the explosion of electronic information and communication technologies, and massive global population redistribution. (erickson 2008: 64-65) West (western europe and english-speaking colonies): roman catholic, Protestant, western/central europe, us, canada, australia, new zealand. Common system of values; influenced by european renaissance,
