The Handbook of Contemporary Animism (Acumen Handbooks)

__The Handbook of Contemporary Animism__ brings together an international team of scholars to examine the full range of animist worldviews and practices. The volume opens with an examination of recent approaches to animism. This is followed by evaluations of ethnographic, cognitive, literary, performative, and material culture approaches, as well as advances in activist and indigenous thinking about animism. This handbook will be invaluable to students and scholars of Religion, Sociology and Anthropology. Animism Is An Important Part Of Many Religions - From Shinto, Hinduism And Buddhism To Paganism And A Range Of Indigenous Religions - Which Connects The Spiritual And Material And Holds That Humans Might Not Be Unique In Possessing Souls Or In Being Intentional Agents. Over Recent Decades, Research Into Animism Has Broadened Its Scope To Consider, At One End, The Vibrant Roles Of Objects In Human Lives And, At The Other, The Possible Similarities Between Humans And Other Species. The Handbook Of Contemporary Animism Brings Together An International Team Of Scholars To Examine The Full Range Of Animist Worldviews And Practices. The Handbook Opens With An Examination Of Recent Approaches To Animism. This Is Followed By Evaluations Of Ethnographic, Cognitive, Literary, Performative, And Material Culture Approaches As Well As Advances In Activist And Indigenous Thinking About Animism. The Handbook Of Contemporary Animism Invites Readers To Think Creatively And Critically About The World Around Us And Will Be Invaluable To Students And Scholars Of Religion, Sociology And Anthropology. Part I Different Animisms -- Introduction 15 -- 1 We Call It Tradition / Linda Hogan Hogan, Linda 17 -- 2 Animism, Conservation And Immediacy / Danny Naveh Naveh, Danny, Nurit Bird-david Bird-david, Nurit 27 -- 3 Animism And A Proposal For A Post-cartesian Anthropology / Kenneth M. Morrison Morrison, Kenneth M. 38 -- 4 Animism For Tylor / Robert A. Segal Segal, Robert A. 53 -- 5 Building On Belief: Defining Animism In Tylor And Contemporary Society / Martin D. Stringer Stringer, Martin D. 63 -- Part Ii Dwelling In Nature/culture -- Introduction 75 -- 6 Beyond Nature And Culture / Philippe Descola Descola, Philippe 77 -- 7 The Materiality Of Life: Revisiting The Anthropology Of Nature In Amazonia / Laura Rival Rival, Laura 92 -- 8 Metamorphosis And Identity: Chewong Animistic Ontology / Signe Howell Howell, Signe 101 -- 9 The Ancestral Sensorium And The City: Reflections On Religion, Environmentalism And Citizenship In The Philippines / Paul-françois Tremlett Tremlett, Paul-françois 113 -- 10 The Invisibles: Toward A Phenomenology Of The Spirits / David Abram Abram, David 124 -- Part Iii Dwelling In Larger-than-human Communities -- Introduction 135 -- 11 Death And Grief In A World Of Kin / Deborah Bird Rose Rose, Deborah Bird 137 -- 12 Hunting Animism: Human-animal Transformations Among The Siberian Yukaghirs / Rane Willerslev Willerslev, Rane 148 -- 13 Ontology And Ethics In Cree Hunting: Animism, Totemism And Practical Knowledge / Colin Scott Scott, Colin 159 -- 14 Moral Foundations Of Tlingit Cosmology / Fritz Detwiler Detwiler, Fritz 167 -- 15 Embodied Morality And Performed Relationships / Douglas Ezzy Ezzy, Douglas 181 -- 16 The Animal Versus The Social: Rethinking Individual And Community In Western Cosmology / Priscilla Stuckey Stuckey, Priscilla 191 -- Part Iv Dwelling With(out) Things -- Introduction 211 -- 17 Being Alive To A World Without Objects / Tim Ingold Ingold, Tim 213 -- 18 Animate Objects: Ritual Perception And Practice Among The Bambara In Mali / Tord Olsson Olsson, Tord 226 -- 19 Submitting To Objects: Animism, Fetishism, And The Cultural Foundations Of Capitalism / Alf Hornborg Hornborg, Alf 244 -- 20 The New Fetishism: Western Statue Devotion And A Matter Of Power / Amy Whitehead Whitehead, Amy 260 -- Part V Dealing With Spirits -- Introduction 273 -- 21 The One-all: The Animist High God / Rane Willerslev Willerslev, Rane 275 -- 22 Shamanism And The Hunters Of The Siberian Forest: Soul, Life Force, Spirit / Roberte Hamayon Hamayon, Roberte 284 -- 23 Bodies, Souls And Powerful Beings: Animism As Socio-cosmological Principle In An Amazonian Society / Isabella Lepri Lepri, Isabella 294 -- 24 Exorcizing Spirits: Approaching Shamans And Rock Art Animically / Robert J. Wallis Wallis, Robert J. 307 -- 25 Whence Spirit Possession? / Paul Christopher Johnson Johnson, Paul Christopher 325 -- 26 Psychedelics, Animism And Spirituality / Andy Letcher Letcher, Andy 341 -- 27 Spiritual Beings: A Darwinian, Cognitive Account / Stewart Guthrie Guthrie, Stewart 353 -- Part Vi Consciousness And Ways Of Knowing -- Introduction 361 -- 28 Sentient Matter / Max Velmans Velmans, Max 363 -- 29 Towards An Animistic Science Of The Earth / Stephan Harding Harding, Stephan 373 -- 30 Talk Among The Trees: Animist Plant Ontologies And Ethics / Matthew Hall Hall, Matthew 385 -- 31 Action In Cognitive Ethology / Marc Bekoff Bekoff, Marc 395 -- 32 Embodied Eco-paganism / Adrian Harris Harris, Adrian 403 -- 33 Researching Through Porosity: An Animist Research Methodology / M.j. Barrett Barrett, M.j. 416 -- 34 Consciousness, Wights And Ancestors / Jenny Blain Blain, Jenny 423 -- Part Vii Animism In Performance -- Introduction 439 -- 35 Nature In The Active Voice / Vol Plumwood Plumwood, Vol 441 -- 36 Animist Realism In Indigenous Novels And Other Literature / Graham Harvey Harvey, Graham 454 -- 37 The Third Road: Faërie In Hypermodernity / Patrick Curry Curry, Patrick 468 -- 38 Objects Of Otaku Affection: Animism, Anime Fandom, And The Gods Of... Consumerism? / Casey Brienza Brienza, Casey 479 -- 39 The Dance Of The Return Beat: Performing The Animate Universe / Olu Taiwo Taiwo, Olu 491 -- 40 Performance Is Currency In The Deep World's Gift Economy: An Incantatory Riff For A Global Medicine Show / Ronald Grimes Grimes, Ronald 501. Edited By Graham Harvey. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "The Handbook of Contemporary Animism brings together an international team of scholars to examine the full range of animist worldviews and practices. The volume opens with an examination of recent approaches to animism. This is followed by evaluations of ethnographic, cognitive, literary, performative, and material culture approaches, as well as advances in activist and indigenous thinking about animism."--Publisher's description