Time, causality and prophecy in the Mongolian cultural region : visions of the future
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Time, causality and prophecy in the Mongolian cultural region : visions of the future
(Inner Asia series)
Global Oriental, 2006
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
How do prophets and their prophecies influence the processes of decision-making, concepts of authority and ideas about causality and time? How can we talk about prophets and prophecy in the Mongolian cultural region when prophetic forms and people seem so varied? This book brings together anthropologists, historians and religious specialists to focus on the role of prophets and the distributed language of prophecy in relation to these questions. Central Asia has a longstanding tradition of prophets who have either challenged or collaborated with political leaders, and due to new uncertainties about the future, current interest in prophetic announcements has recently re-surfaced. This volume explores the arenas in which prophets and their prophecies have influenced the processes of decision-making, concepts of authority and ideas about causality and time in the Mongolian cultural region.
Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Glossary
- Introduction
- 1 Circulating Prophetic Texts
- 2 Prophecy and Sequential Orders in Mongolian Political History
- 3 The President and the Seer: A Case Study of Prophecy and Scientific Attitudes in Modern Political Life
- 4 The Transmission and Source of Prophecy in Contemporary Mongolia
- 5 Recalling Past Futures: The Property of Oral Prophecies and Lay-prophets
- 6 The repetition of Mongolian Prophetic Time
- Index
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