Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction: Engaging Radical Egalitarianism
Part I. Religion, trade, and transnational networks via thailand
The Charisma of Saints and the Cult of Relics, Amulets, and Tomb Shrines
Understanding Social Totalities: Stanley Tambiah's Early Contribution to Sociology of Thai Buddhism
Transnational Buddhism and the Transformation of Local Power in Thailand
A Muslim King and His Buddhist Subjects: Religion, Power, and Identity at the Periphery of the Thai State
Part II. Cosmologies, ideologies, and localities
Economies of Ghosts, Gods, and Goods: The History and Anthropology of Chinese Temple Networks
Trade, Religion, and Civic Relations in the Manangi Long-Distance Trade Community
Cosmologies of Welfare: Two Conceptions of Social Assistance in Contemporary South Africa
"A Recurrence of Structures" in Collapsing Nigeria
People and Ideas Travel Together: Tambiah's Approach to Ritual and Cosmology in Brazil
Paradoxes of Order in Thai Community Politics
Part III. Violence, political conflict, and humanitarian intervention
Structural Work: How Microhistories Become Macrohistories and Vice Versa
Perspectives on the Politics of Peace in Aceh, Indonesia
A Tale of Two Affects: Humanitarianism and Professionalism in Red Cross Aid Work
At the Base of Local and Transnational Conflicts: The Political Uses of Inferiorization
Afterword. Galactic Polities, Radical Egalitarianism, and the Practice of Anthropology: Tambiah on Logical Paradoxes, Social Contradictions, and Cultural Oscillations
Notes
Bibliography
List of Contributors