The Dynamic Cosmos : Movement, Paradox, and Experimentation in the Anthropology of Spirit Possession Paperback / softback
Edited by Diana Espirito (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile) Santo, Matan (King’s College London, UK) Shapiro
Part of the Bloomsbury Advances in Religious Studies series
Paperback / softback
Description
This edited volume applies the analytic notions of paradox and play to the ethnographic manifestation of spirits, angels, and demons in different locations around the world.
The 10 case studies conceptualize the co-presence of humans and entities with terms that do not exclude spiritual reasoning on the one hand, and social explanations on the other.
Through in-depth descriptions of localized possession cosmologies, the different chapters collectively propose path-breaking methodological directions in this field, which incorporate ethnographic theories of simultaneity into anthropological theories of religion, kinship, and ritual. Framed by an introduction written by the editors and an afterword by Michael Lambek, a leading authority in possessions studies, the volume contains cutting edge analyses that will provide readers with new tools to evaluate previously unstudied aspects of spirit possession; all of which stem from the fantastic forms of human movement that accompany the phenomenality of paradoxes in mundane reality.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:28/12/2023
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- ISBN:9781350299368
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:28/12/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781350299368
