Open AccessThe phenomenon of shamanism: the need for a new reading
Author(s) -
V. Yatchenko
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/2006.38.1718
Subject(s) - shamanism , phenomenon , mysticism , reading (process) , comprehension , mosaic , aesthetics , history , epistemology , literature , philosophy , art , linguistics , archaeology
The explosive spread of mystical ideas and practices in the spiritual culture of modern societies, irrationalism in art and philosophy has long surprised no one. These phenomena have escaped beyond the limits of the local, semi-exotic phenomenon that lies at the periphery of the scientific, artistic and daily practical life of modern man. Figuratively speaking, they are no longer just a separate spot on the mosaic panel of historical ways of human self-comprehension;