Conjuring Hope

Galina Lindquist (1955-2008) was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University. She received her Ph.D. in 1998, and did fieldwork among neo-shamans in Sweden, among alternative healing practitioners and patients in Moscow, and among shamans and lamas in Tyva, Southern Siberia. She authored Conjuring Hope: Healing and Magic in Contemporary Russia (2006), The Quest for the Authentic Shaman: Multiple Meanings of Shamanism on a Siberian Journey (2006), co-edited four volumes, and published numerous articles in professional journals.

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. Marketing MagicChapter 2. Magic as Semiotic Changes: Ontologies, Rituals and Terms of AfflictionChapter 3. Magic as Management of EmotionsChapter 4. The Icons of Power: Constructing Charisma from the Means at HandChapter 5. Charisma of the Office: Healing Power and Biomedical LegitimacyChapter 6. The Unspeakable Emotions: Spells and Their Use in Working LifeChapter 7. The Magic of Business and the Fostering of HopeEpilogueBibliographyIndex

“Whoever wants to learn about life in today's Russia, where various forms of magic play a central role, should read this book. And of course all those interested in Semiotic or medical anthropology who will gain further insight into the relationships between healer and patient.”  ·  Anthropos“Lindquist’s book makes two important contributions, the first anthropological, and the second ethnographic…Lindquist clearly brought passion, care, and the highest ethical standards to her role as ethnographer, to the great benefit of her readers. When telling these stories, her writing is always clear, often elegant, and sometimes deeply moving.”  ·  Slavic Review