A CONCRETE PSYCHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF IFÁ DIVINATION/ UNA INVESTIGACIÓN PSICOLÓGICA CONCRETA DE LA ADIVINACIÓN DE IFÁ/ UMA PESQUISA PSICOLÓGICA CONCRETA DA ADIVINHAÇÃO DE IFÁ

A CONCRETE PSYCHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF IFÁ DIVINATION/ UNA INVESTIGACIÓN PSICOLÓGICA CONCRETA DE LA ADIVINACIÓN DE IFÁ/ UMA PESQUISA PSICOLÓGICA CONCRETA DA ADIVINHAÇÃO DE IFÁ

Divination —the consultation of an oracle in order to determine a course for future action— has long been considered a practice characteristic of “primitive mentality.” We describe research with the babalawo of Santería, who are expert in the divinatory system of Ifá. Our first goal is to offer an e...

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Main Authors: Silvia Tibaduiza Sierra, Martin J. Packer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2012-12-01
Series:Revista Colombiana de Psicología
Subjects:
cultural psychology
higher psychological functions
Lev Vygotsky
divination
concrete psychology
argumentation
psicología cultural
funciones psicológicas superiores
adivinación
psicología concreta
argumentación
psicologia cultural
funções psicológicas superiores
adivinhação
psicologia concreta
argumentação
Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/psicologia/article/viewFile/28119/37798

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