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Shamanism and Psychoanalysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Jacques Barbier  and
Catherine Barbier-Locquard
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By posing the question of whether it is more relevant to investigate the psychopathology of the shaman or the effects of shamanism on its followers, Philippe Mitrani's article has the merit of going to the heart of a controversy that has divided analysts of shamanism.

Type
Research Article
Information
Diogenes , Volume 40 , Issue 158 , June 1992 , pp. 165 - 167
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

References

1. Sigmund Freud, Études sur l'hystérie, Paris, P.U.F. 1956 (communication prélim inaire par J. Breuer et S. Freud, republished 1983).

2. Claude Lévi-Strauss, Anthropologie Structurale, Paris, Plon 1958, chapter 10, “L'efficacité symbolique,” p. 219.