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Marvin Harris

Cows, pigs, wars & witches : the riddles of culture /Marvin Harris - New York : Random House , ©1974. - viii, 276 pages ; 22 cm

Mother cow --
Pig lovers and pig haters --
Primitive war --
The savage male --
Potlatch --
Phantom cargo --
Messiahs --
The secret of the prince of peace --
Broomsticks and sabbats --
The great witch craze --
Return of the witch.

This book challenges those who argue that we can change the world by changing the way people think. The author shows that no matter how bizarre a people's behavior may seem, it always stems from concrete social and economic conditions. It is by isolating and identifying these conditions that we will be able to understand and cope with some of our own apparently senseless life styles. In a devastating attack on the shamans of the counterculture, the author states the case for a return to objective consciousness and a rational set of political commitments.

ISBN: 9780679724681

Publisher. No.: International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,Daryaganj,New Delhi-110002

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social Sciences

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Ethnology --Witchcraft

Dewey Class. No.: 305.8 HAR