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Culture, Thought, and Social Action
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Author(s):
Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
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January 31 1985
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Harvard University Press
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9780674433748
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January 31 1985
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10.4159/harvard.9780674433748
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Conclusion An Anthropologist's Creed
2. Form and Meaning of Magical Acts
Acknowledgments
References
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Contents
9. A Reformulation of Geertz’s Conception of the Theater State
3. A Thai Cult of Healing through Meditation
Frontmatter
7. The Galactic Polity in Southeast Asia
8. On Flying Witches and Flying Canoes: The Coding of Male and Female Values
4. A Performative Approach to Ritual
5. Animals Are Good to Think and Good to Prohibit
6. From Varna to Caste through Mixed Unions
Index
1. The Magical Power of Words
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Introduction From the General to the Particular and the Construction of Totalities
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