ANTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Magical Thinking, Traditional Healers Of South Africa, Centrism
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In the context of the transition, there is a rise in uncertainty. Ppl feel that their moral orientations (good/bad) is all up for grabs, also feel spiritual insecurity(uncertainty) (crime: if i walk somewhere will i get robbed) Links to witch craft witch craft in anthro. Ppl who are competition over resources (madumo there is a witch who caused death of maduma"s mother, siblings accuse madumo, he accuse someone else) Misfortune in life is someone else"s fault therefore blame others for mishaps in life. There is something else that is making my life difficult, unseen force (rather then yourself ) Bostwana: hatred, resentment, bitterness, envy (all encompass jealousy) (madumo: jealousy: had friend helping him go to school instead of going to school resentment: siblings didn"t think he helped their mother enough) Way of explaining the world, and making sense of the things we can and can"t observe. Every religion is created by the human community that worships it.