The Law of Possession

Ritual, Healing, and the Secular State
Herausgeber: Sax, William S

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rituals combining healing with spirit possession and court-like proceedings are found around the world and throughout history. Modern, secular states have systematically attempted to eliminate them. The Law of Possession is the first volume to compare and analyze the internal logic of such practices, as well as their relation to the modern, secular state.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP US
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 461g
• ISBN-13: 9780190275754
• ISBN-10: 0190275758
• Artikelnr.: 43172091

Autorenporträt

William S. Sax is Head of the Department of Ethnology at the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg. Helene Basu is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Muenster.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1. The Law of Possession: Ritual
Healing
and the Secular State
William S. Sax and Helene Basu * 2. In the Courtroom of Jungle Saints: The Poor and Transcendental Justice
Helene Basu * 3. Between Shrine and Courtroom: Legal Pluralism
Witchcraft
and Spirit Agency in South-Eastern Africa
Arne S. Steinforth * 4. Delocalizing Illness: Healing and the State in Chinese Medicine
Dominic Steavu * 5. Justice in Erwadi: A Case Study
Bhargavi Davar * 6. Possession and the Anti-Superstition Law in Maharashtra: An Actors' Perspective on Modernization and Disenchantment
Johannes Quack * 7. "If your brother wants to kill you
kill him first": Healing
Law
and Social Justice in an African Healer's Courtroom
Ferdinand Okwaro * 8. The Darbar of Goludev: Possession
Petitions
and Modernity
Aditya Malik * 9. Gods of Justice
William S. Sax * Index