02858nam 22005413 450 991047684030332120231110172225.01-000-74091-91-000-74065-X0-367-82266-0(CKB)4100000009826755(MiAaPQ)EBC5975461(OCoLC)1127940090(OCoLC)1127849919(OCoLC-P)1127940090(FlBoTFG)9780367822668(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/63798(MiAaPQ)EBC7244999(Au-PeEL)EBL7244999(EXLCZ)99410000000982675520231110d2020 uy 0engurcnu---unuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierModernity and spirit worship in India an anthropology of the Umwelt /Miho IshiiLondon ;New York :Routledge,2020.©20201 online resource (313 pages)Routledge New Horizons in South Asian StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-367-41028-1 This book investigates the entangled relations between people's daily worship practices and their umwelt in South India. Focusing on the practices of spirit (bta) worship in the coastal area of Karnataka, it examines the relationship between people and deities. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book links important anthropological theories on personhood, perspectives, transactions, and gift-exchanges together with the Gestaltkreis theory of Viktor von Weizscker. First, it examines the relations between bta worship and land tenure, matriliny, and hierarchy in the society. It then explores the reflexive relationship between modern law and current practices based on conventional law, before examining new developments in bta worship with the rise of mega-industries and environmental movements. Furthermore, this book sheds light on the struggles and endeavours of the people who create and recreate their relations with the realm of sacred wildness, as well as the formations and transformations of the umwelt in perpetual social-political transition. Modernity and Spirit Worship in India will be of interest to academics in the field of anthropology, religious studies and the dynamics of religion, and South Asian Culture and Society.Routledge New Horizons in South Asian StudiesWorshipSpiritsIndiaReligionWorship.Spirits.294Ishii Miho960358MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910476840303321Modernity and Spirit Worship in India2176870UNINA