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Übersicht

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Verlag	:	Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York
Buchreihe	:	American University Studies (Bd. 64)
Sprache	:	Englisch
Erschienen	:	01. 08. 1995
Seiten	:	212
Einband	:	Kartoniert
Höhe	:	230 mm
Breite	:	160 mm
Gewicht	:	400 g
ISBN	:	9780820422756
Sprache	:	Englisch

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Produktinformation

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The Evil Eye is one of the most wide-ranging systems of beliefs in the world and in history. It is more widespread than the belief in one God. Yet it is misunderstood and remains rather puzzling and mysterious. An explanation of its origins is given here by focusing on the meaning of the eye-as-symbol rather than on defining the Evil Eye as a problem of vision and gaze. As symbol, it is presumed to have its roots in pervasive fertility rituals dating back to prehistory. The very idea of fertility is the beginning and the end of survival in all subsistence societies. This pervasive obsession with production and reproduction, not only characterized prehistory and the preindustrial world, but has persisted with important modifications, into the world of money markets, while at the same time retaining the ancient symbols. The eye is one such symbol.

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