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Dynamic Cosmos

Movement, Paradox, and Experimentation in the Anthropology of Spirit Possession

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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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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Utgivningsdatum2022-06-16
Mått156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt526 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBloomsbury Advances in Religious Studies
Antal sidor240
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350298859

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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORSINTRODUCTION. Possession & paradox. Matan Shapiro & Diana Espírito Santo1. Angels and demons: notes on kinship and exorcism at an Ethiopian orthodox shrine. Diego Malara, University of Glasgow 2. Spirit possessions, racial dispossessions: the second diaspora of race in Afro-Cuban religious experience. Anastasios Panagiotopoulos, University of Lisbon3. Between possessor and possessed. J. Brent Crosson, University of Texas, Austin4. Waiting for the deities: spirit possession in the middle voice. Miho Ishii, Kyoto University5. The motion-power of the collective, or, how spirits “come into view” in Cuba. Diana Espírito Santo, Pontificia Universidad Católica Chile6. (En)spirited pedagogy: learning and simultaneity in Pentecostalism. Bruno Reinhardt, Federal University of Santa Catarina7. A theory of passage: paradox and neo-Pentecostal expulsion of demons in Brazil. Matan Shapiro, University of Stavanger8. The threshold of the cosmos: priestly scriptures and shamanic wilderness in Southwest China. Katherine Swancutt, King’s College London9. The Mormon dead. Jon Bialecki, University of Edinburgh10. On the existence of witches, or, how anthropology works. Marcio Goldman, Federal University of Rio de JaneiroAFTERWORD. Michael Lambek, University of TorontoNOTESBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX

Sparkling with insights into spirit possession, The Dynamic Cosmos proposes play and performance as touchstones for understanding cosmological alterity. Simultaneity, co-production, and the richness of paradox take center stage as the authors collectively script a new language for one of our species’ most vexing practices. A singular offering from the most original voices writing on spirit possession today, this volume overflows with ideas nested in unforgettable scenes of communal transformation.