| Dynamics of Religion in Southeast Asia: Magic and Modernity Contributor(s): Gottowik, Volker (Author), International Institute for Asian Studie (Other), Bräunlein, Peter J. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 9089644245 ISBN-13: 9789089644244 Publisher: Amsterdam University Press OUR PRICE: $136.62 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion |
| Dewey: 290 |
| Series: Aup - Iias Publications |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.20 lbs) 338 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Modernity is surrounded by an almost magic aura that casts a spell over people all over the world. To connect with modernity, various ways and means are used, among them magic practices and religious ideas. Dynamics of Religion in Southeast Asia: Magic and Modernity deals with the magic in and of modernity and asks about its current significance for the dynamics of religion in Southeast Asia. Drawing on recent ethnographic research in this area, the contributors to this wide-ranging volume demonstrate how religious concepts contribute to meeting the challenges of modernity. Against this background, religion and modernity are no longer perceived as in contradiction; rather, it is argued that a revision of the western notion of religion is required to understand the complexity of 'multiple modernities' in a globalised world.. Dynamics of Religion in Southeast Asia: Magic and Modernity is part of the series Global Asia, published by Amsterdam University Press (AUP) in close collaboration with the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) |
Contributor Bio(s): Gottowik, Volker: - Volker Gottowik is associate professor and member of the area studies network Dynamics of Religion in Southeast Asia in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. |
