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Apotropaic Practices

Apotropaic Practices is a category of ritual or symbolic actions within the study of belief systems that serve to avert negative supernatural forces or influences through protective measures.

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504

Citations

17

Authors

7

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Apotropaic Practice

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Publications

15

Magic for the Dead? The Archaeology of Magic in Later Medieval Burials

Roberta Gilchrist · Medieval Archaeology · 2008 · 146 citations

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HOW TO RESOLVE THE PYRRHONIAN PROBLEMATIC: A LESSON FROM DESCARTES

Ernest Sosa · Philosophical Studies · 1997 · 70 citations

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Dedicating magic: Neo-Assyrian apotropaic figurines and the protection of Assur

Carolyn Nakamura · World Archaeology · 2004 · 56 citations

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Psychiatry and the control of dangerousness: on the apotropaic function of the term “mental illness”

Thomas Szasz · Journal of Medical Ethics · 2003 · 44 citations · Full text

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A Reexamination of the Antecedents of Apostasy

Bruce Hunsberger · Review of Religious Research · 1980 · 34 citations

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Authors

17

  1. DH
    David Hiley

    University of New Hampshire at Manchester, United States

    1 publications · 31 citations

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  2. FD
    FRANCIS DOHERTY

    University of Michigan, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  3. SM
    Samuel M. Zwemer

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  4. JD
    John Dean

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. MT
    Michael Taussig

    New York University, United States

    1 publications · 30 citations

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Institutions

7

  1. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    146 citations

  2. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  3. OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University

    Oslo, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  4. LIM College

    Manhattan, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    44 citations

  5. Keele University

    Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  7. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    56 citations

  8. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    1 publications

    70 citations

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Venues

  1. The Muslim World

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  2. Vernacular Architecture

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  3. Journal of the history of philosophy

    JHP · 1 publications · 31 citations

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  4. Cambridge Archaeological Journal

    1 publications · 29 citations

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  5. Critical Inquiry

    1 publications · 30 citations

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