The Handbook of Contemporary Animism
- ISBN-10
- 1317544498
- ISBN-13
- 9781317544494
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 544
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-09-11
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Graham Harvey
Description
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.
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