Magical-religious, social or psychiatric zombie: Interdisciplinary analysis of new recent cases of « zombies » in Haiti - 16/04/25
, P. Charlier c, dAbstract |
Background |
Haitian zombies are an anthropological entity corresponding to four legal, administrative, and pathological states: ritual poisoning with social death, criminal poisoning, psychiatric disorders, and identity theft.
Methodology |
In this article, we review the latest data from the anthropological, legal, and medical literature on this uniquely Haitian phenomenon. We also discuss new, unpublished cases recently examined in Haitian courts, with clear implications for public health and law.
Results |
These new cases question the status of the human person, the identification, and the care of individuals desocialized and deliberately placed in a state of social death.
Conclusion |
An interdisciplinary approach is absolutely necessary, with collaboration between the humanities and fundamental sciences, around this complex phenomenon of zombies in Haiti. Their frequency (around 50,000, for a total population of around 11 million inhabitants) is certainly marginal, but significant, and constitutes a real public health problem, as well as a relevant concept in medical anthropology and health law.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Ethnology, Medical anthropology, Public health, Social death
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Vol 33
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