Rethinking Relations and Animism - Personhood and Materiality

List of contents

Foreword by Philip P. Arnold; Introduction: We have never been individuals, Miguel Astor-Aguilera and Graham Harvey PART 1: Relations 1 On the Ontological Scheme of Beyond Nature and Culture, Marshall Sahlins 2 Persons or relatives? Animistic scales of practice and imagination, Nurit Bird-David 3 Adjusted styles of communication (ASCs) in the post-Cartesian world, Graham Harvey PART 2: Things 4 Assembling new ontologies from old materials: Towards multiplicity, Oliver J. T. Harris and Rachel J. Crellin 5 Religious objects: Uncomfortable relations and an ontological turn to things, Amy Whitehead 6 Robot Companions: The Animation of Technology and the Technology of Animation in Japan, Fabio R. Gygi PART 3: Approaches 7 The Ontological Turn, Indigenous Research, and Niitsitapi Protocols of Reciprocity, Kenneth H. Lokensgard 8 Maya-Mesoamerican Polyontologies: Breath and Indigenous American Vital Essences, Miguel Astor-Aguilera 9 Environment, ontology and visual perception: A saltwater case, Katie Glaskin 10 "Are All Stones Alive?": Anthropological and Anishinaabe Approaches to Personhood, Maureen Matthews and Roger Roulette

Summary

The chapters in this volume advance debates about relations between humans and things, between scholars and others, and between Modern and Indigenous ontologies. Contributors to this volume bring different perspectives and approaches to bear on questions about animism, personhood, materiality, and relationality.

Product details

• Authors: Miguel (Arizona State University Astor-Aguilera, Miguel Harvey Astor-Aguilera
• Assisted by: Miguel Astor-Aguilera (Editor), Graham Harvey (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.2018
• EAN: 9781138562349
• ISBN: 978-1-138-56234-9
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Vitality of Indigenous Religions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; RELIGION / General, RELIGION / Spirituality, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, RELIGION / Paganism & Neo-Paganism, Philosophy of religion, Tribal religions, Indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs, RELIGION / Folk & Tribal