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NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
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LA122869
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انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Anthropology and Historiography:
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[Article]
Other Title Information
A Deconstructive Analysis of K. C. Chang's Shamanic Approach in Chinese Archaeology
First Statement of Responsibility
Feng Qu
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Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The hypothesis of ancient Chinese shamanism popularized by K. C. Chang in the 1980s has long been one of the central problems in the study of Chinese archaeology. By examining the structures that constitute Chang's shamanic framework, this article argues that the problem centers around two major issues. The first is that Chang follows a tradition in Chinese academic historiography of using late historical texts to interpret Neolithic and Bronze Age materials. The second is that, in order to explore the dynamics of the formation of Chinese civilization, he employs Western theories in his construction of the history of shamanism. This article discusses the problems associated with using textual materials for interpretations of archaeological finds. It also discusses "substratum theory," the way in which it influenced Chang's understanding of shamanic civilization, and the manner in which Western anthropological theory was incorporated into Chang's historiographical model. Accordingly, the author concludes that this shamanism problem in Chinese archaeology actually stems from a mixture of the Chinese historiographical tradition and Western anthropological theories, which together make Chang's writing develop a meta-narrative that leads directly to two characteristics: generalization and polymorphism.
SET
Date of Publication
2017
Physical description
497-544
Title
Numen
Volume Number
64/5-6
International Standard Serial Number
1568-5276
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Chinese archaeology
Subject Term
Comparative Religion & Religious Studies
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General
Subject Term
historiography
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History of Religion
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K. C. Chang
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Religion & Society
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Religion in Antiquity
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Religious Studies
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shamanism
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Social Sciences
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Feng Qu
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
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10.1163/15685276-12341478
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مطالعه متن کتاب p
[Article]
275578
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