ISBN:
0857453580
,
9780857453587
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 234 S.
,
Ill.
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Asian anthropologies 5
Series Statement:
Asian anthropologies
DDC:
133.90959
Keywords:
Spiritualism
;
Religion and culture
;
Southeast Asia Religious life and customs
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Südostasien
;
Spiritualität
;
Volksglaube
Abstract:
"'The world today is as furiously religious as it ever was.' This quote from Peter Berger now appears to be undisputed in the contemporary social and cultural sciences. A look around the globe reveals that modernization does not necessarily lead to a decline of religion, neither in society nor in the minds of individuals.( ..) Southeast Asia in particular presents a rich field of inquiry into the dynamics of these "modernities" that have produced and shaped a wide variety of religious phenomena. With case studies from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam, these contributions reveal contemporary religious practices in Southeast Asia as thoroughly modern manifestations of uncertainties, moral disquiet and unequal rewards in the contemporary moment."--Publisher's description
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introduction : multivocal arenas of modern enchantment in Southeast Asia
,
Can things reach the dead? : the ontological status of objects and the study of Lao Buddhist rituals for the spirits of the deceased
,
Spirited warriors : conspiracy and protection on Lombok
,
From the mystical to the molecular : modernity, martial arts and agency in Java
,
Changing spirits' identities? : rethinking the four palaces' spirit representations in the context of social and political changes in northern Vietnam
,
Gods, gifts, markets, and superstition : spirited consumption from Korea to Vietnam
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Contests of commemoration : virgin war martyrs, state memorials, and the invocation of the spirit world in contemporary Vietnam
,
Trans-ethnic cosmologies that won't go away : keramat symbolisms in Malaysian capitalist sacralization
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Being a spirit medium in contemporary Burma
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Reconfigurations of the manora ancestral worship and spirit possession in southern Thailand
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The horror of the modern : violation, violence, and the rampage of urban youths in the contemporary Thai ghost films
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