Fetishism and Culture by Hartmut Böhme

By Hartmut Böhme

Hartmut Böhme’s learn of fetishism spans all of the manner from Christian picture magic within the center a long time to fetishistic practices in style, ads, recreation and pop culture at the present time. In it he presents a radical exploration of faith, magic, idolatry, sexuality and intake, charting the psychological, medical and creative strategies during which fetishism turned a valuable type in ecu culture’s account of itself.

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