Engaging the Spirit World: Popular Beliefs and Practices in Modern Southeast Asia (Asian Anthropologies, Band 5)

ISBN 10: 0857453580 ISBN 13: 9780857453587

Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

In many parts of the contemporary world, spirit beliefs and practices have taken on a pivotal role in addressing the discontinuities and uncertainties of modern life. The myriad ways in which devotees engage the spirit world show the tremendous creative potential of these practices and their innate adaptability to changing times and circumstances. Through in-depth anthropological case studies from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam, the contributors to this book investigate the role and impact of different social, political, and economic dynamics in the reconfiguration of local spirit worlds in modern Southeast Asia. Their findings contribute to the re-enchantment debate by revealing that the "spirited modernities" that have emerged in the process not only embody a distinct feature of the contemporary moment, but also invite a critical rethinking of the concept of modernity itself.

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Andrea Lauser is Professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany. She is a member of and lecturer in a new area studies network "Dynamics of Religion in Southeast-Asia," composed of the Southeast Asia departments of Hamburg, Berlin, Muenster, Heidelberg and Göttingen, and funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0857453580
• ISBN 13: 9780857453587
• Einband: Bibliothekseinband
• Anzahl der Seiten: 246
• Herausgeber: Endres Kirsten W., Lauser Andrea
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Deutschland