ISBN:
081539215X
,
9780815392156
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 325 Seiten
,
Karte
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series 77
DDC:
306.60959
Keywords:
Animism
;
Ethnology
;
Animisme
;
Ethnologie
;
Animism
;
Ethnology
;
Southeast Asia Religious life and customs
;
Asie du Sud-Est Vie religieuse
;
Southeast Asia
Abstract:
Animism refers to ontologies or worldviews which assign agency and personhood to human and non-human beings alike. Recent years have seen a revival of this concept in anthropology, where it is now discussed as an alternative to modern-western and naturalistic notions of human-environment relations. Based on original fieldwork, this book presents a number of case studies of animism from insular and peninsular Southeast Asia and offers a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon - its diversity and underlying commonalities and its resilience in the face of powerful forces of change. Critically engaging with the current standard notion of animism, based on hunter-gatherer and horticulturalist societies in other regions, it examines the roles of life forces, souls and spirits in local cosmologies and indigenous religion. It proposes an expansion of the concept to societies featuring mixed farming, sacrifice and hierarchy and explores the question of how non-human agents are created through acts of attention and communication, touching upon the relationship between animist ontologies, world religion, and the state. - Provided by publisher
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