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Bureaucratic Sorceries In The Third Policeman: Anthropological Perspectives On Magic & Officialdom, Alexandra Irimia
Bureaucratic Sorceries In The Third Policeman: Anthropological Perspectives On Magic & Officialdom, Alexandra Irimia
Languages and Cultures Publications
This article discusses The Third Policeman through the lens of a dialectic of enchantment and disenchantment that is firmly anchored in the history of anthropological discourse on bureaucracy (Malinowski, Lévi-Strauss, Tambiah, Herzfeld, Graeber, Jones). From this angle, Flann O’Brien’s novel is examined as an aesthetic illustration of an essentially anthropological argument: although bureaucracy has been described as an eminently rational form of social systematisation, regulation, and control (since Weber), it also functions, paradoxically, as a symbolic site for irrationality and supernatural occurrences, haunted by madness, mystery, and delusion. The novel is intriguing partly due to its nonchalant, humorous entwining of …
Intergenerational Support And Family Cohesion, Rajulton Fernando, Zenaida R. Ravanera
Intergenerational Support And Family Cohesion, Rajulton Fernando, Zenaida R. Ravanera
PSC Discussion Papers Series
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The Sociology Of Risk And Social Demographic Change, David Hall
The Sociology Of Risk And Social Demographic Change, David Hall
PSC Discussion Papers Series
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