The Anti-Witch

by Jeanne Favret-Saada
Translated by Matthew Carey
Foreword by Veena Das

A Book Forum on The Anti-Witch in Somatosphere (May 2016)

is available here (http://somatosphere.net/2016/05/book-forum-
jeanne-favret-saadas-the-anti-witch.html).

Jeanne Favret-Saada is arguably one of Frances most brilliant

anthropologists, and The Anti-Witch is nothing less than a
masterpiece. A synthesis of ethnographic theory and
psychoanalytic revelation, where the line between researcher
and subject is blurredif not erasedThe Anti-Witch develops
the contours of an anthropology of therapy, while deeply
engaging with what it means to be caught in the logic of
witchcra . Through an intimate and provocative sharing of the
ethnographic voice with Madame Flora, a dewitcher, Favret-
Saada delivers a critical challenge to some of anthropologys
fundamental concepts.

Sure to be of interest to practitioners of psychoanalysis as well

as to anthropologists, The Anti-Witch will bring a new
generation of scholars into conversation with the work of a truly
innovative thinker.

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The anti-witch is nothing short of anthropological

therapyit keeps the dream of ethnography as theory
alive in these troubled times.

Veena Das, Author of Life and words: Violence and the

descent into the ordinary
 Jeanne Favret-Saadas The anti-witch is a timely

challenge to anthropology and ethnography that goes

far beyond the study of witchcra . Her view of
dewitching as a therapy, through which the patient has
to assume violence as a necessary element for
regaining health and prosperity, highlights the
worrying ambiguity of evila basic issue that makes
witchcra such a haunting theme in societies all over
the world. A powerful book in its directness and depth.

Peter Geschiere, Author of Witchcra , intimacy and trust:

Africa in comparison

140 pages
ISBN: 9780990505044
Price: $25.00

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Table of Contents

Front Matter

Front Matter

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