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.
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.
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
* 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
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