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Comparative Shamanism

Comparative Shamanism is an academic framework that systematically examines and contrasts shamanic practices, beliefs, and institutions across diverse cultural and historical contexts to identify structural commonalities, functional differences, and universal patterns in the phenomenon of shamanism.

35

Publications

1.4K

Citations

34

Authors

13

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4

Parents

Publications

35

Shamans and Other “Magico‐Religious” Healers: A Cross‐Cultural Study of Their Origins, Nature, and Social Transformations

Michael Winkelman · Ethos · 1990 · 155 citations

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The Ontological Turn: Taking Different Worlds Seriously

Andrew Pickering · Social Analysis · 2017 · 146 citations · Full text

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Shamans, Priests and Witches: A Cross-Cultural Study of Magico-Religious Practitioners

Michael Winkelman · Review of Religious Research · 1993 · 141 citations

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The Role of Shamanism in Mesoamerican Art

Cecelia F. Klein, Eulogio Guzmán, Elisa C. Mandell et al. · Current Anthropology · 2002 · 92 citations

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From Culture to Experience: Shamanism in the Pages of the Soviet Anti-Religious Press

Justine Buck Quijada · Contemporary European History · 2020 · 67 citations

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Authors

34

  1. MW
    Michael Winkelman

    Arizona State University, United States

    6 publications · 405 citations

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  2. MM
    Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer

    Georgetown University, United States

    2 publications · 76 citations

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  3. RL
    Robert Layton

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 47 citations

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  4. JT
    John T. Hitchcock

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  5. JB
    Justine Buck Quijada

    Wesleyan University, United States

    1 publications · 67 citations

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Institutions

13

  1. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    241 citations

  2. American Sociological Association

    Washington D.C., United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  3. Tamkang University

    Taipei, Taiwan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  4. Hunter College

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  5. Wesleyan University

    Middletown, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    67 citations

  6. University of New Hampshire

    Durham, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  7. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  8. Department of Archaeology

    Colombo, Sri Lanka

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 51 citations

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  2. Anthropology of Consciousness

    AOC · 2 publications · 49 citations

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  3. American Journal of Psychiatry

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  4. Religions

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  5. Anthropological Quarterly

    AQ · 1 publications · 61 citations

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