![]() ![]() ![]() “The more esoteric a man’s knowledge, the more he will tend to regard that item as a sign, and the more readily will he be able to allocate meanings to it.” Residing within systems of social organization regarded as 'backward' or 'archaic' by the gun-swinging economic-restructuring Westerner are worlds forgotten (like many things) in the post-modern era, lessons for us to relearn. By explaining the meaning behind material form of objects and the organization which surrounds their deployment, Turner demonstrates a solid and rational epistemology. ![]() In this text, Turner examines the structure and properties of symbolic objects used in Ndembu divination (The Ndembu are a group of people who live in Zambia, in Southern Africa). Victor Turner is one of the great ethnographers. ![]()
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