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dc.contributor.author | Baldacchino, Jean Paul | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-17T08:16:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-17T08:16:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Baldacchino, J. P. (2010). The Evil Eye (ghajn) in Malta : grappling with Skinner’s pigeons and rehabilitating lame ducks. The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 21, 188-207. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/15420 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper, I construct a plea for superstition and examine the ways in which contemporary scholars use the term to denote irrational belief. ‘Superstition’ has, throughout history, been used as a derogatory term denoting inferior and dangerous beliefs. Examining the process whereby people continue to believe that which they deem irrational, I adopt a reflexive and phenomenological approach. Focussing on the evil eye (gh- ajn) in Malta and the Mediterranean, I redefine ‘superstition’ as the product of an intrasubjective antinomy between orthodoxy and its subversion. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | The Australian Journal of Anthropology | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Superstition | en_GB |
dc.subject | Superstition -- Psychological aspects | en_GB |
dc.subject | Superstition -- History | en_GB |
dc.subject | Amulets | en_GB |
dc.subject | Evil eye | en_GB |
dc.title | The evil eye (ghajn) in Malta : grappling with Skinner’s pigeons and rehabilitating lame ducks | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1757-6547.2010.00078.x | |
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