Coincidences : Synchronicity, Verisimilitude, and Storytelling

by Michael Jackson

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10 0520379950

ISBN-13 9780520379954

Publisher University of California Press

Imprint University of California Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 27th, 2021

Print length 224 Pages

Weight 454 grams

Dimensions 22.90 x 15.20 x 1.80 cms

Product Classification: Phenomenology & Existentialism Philosophy of religion Anthropology Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography

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Most people have a story to tell about a remarkable coincidence that in some instances changed the course of their lives. These uncanny occurrences have been variously interpreted as evidence of divine influence, fate, or the collective unconscious. Less common are explanations that explore the social situations and personal preoccupations of the individuals who place the most weight on coincidences. Drawing on a variety of coincidence stories, renowned anthropologist Michael Jackson builds a case for seeing them as allegories of separation and loss—revealing the hope of repairing sundered lives, reconnecting estranged friends, reuniting distant kin, closing the gap between people and their gods, and achieving a sense of emotional and social connectedness with others in a fragmented world.

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