The law of possession [electronic resource] : ritual, healing, and the secular state / edited by William S. Sax and Helene Basu.
Sax, William Sturman, 1957- editor.; Basu, Helene, editor.
2015
GN492.3 .L38 2015eb
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Title
The law of possession [electronic resource] : ritual, healing, and the secular state / edited by William S. Sax and Helene Basu.
ISBN
9780190275778 (electronic book)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190275747
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 255 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190275747 doi
Call Number
GN492.3 .L38 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
133.426
Summary
Rituals combining healing with spirit possession and court-like proceedings are found around the world and throughout history. Modern, secular states have systematically attempted to eliminate them. 'The Law of Possession' compares and analyses the internal logic of such practices, as well as their relation to the modern, secular state.
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Rituals combining healing with spirit possession and court-like proceedings are found around the world and throughout history. Modern, secular states have systematically attempted to eliminate them. 'The Law of Possession' compares and analyses the internal logic of such practices, as well as their relation to the modern, secular state.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 9, 2015).
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Sax, William Sturman, 1957- editor.
Basu, Helene, editor.
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Law of possession.
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1. Introduction / William S. Sax and Helene Basu
2. In the courtroom of jungle saints: the poor and transcendental justice / Helene Basu
3. Between shrine and courtroom: legal pluralism, witchcraft, and spirit agency in southeastern Africa / Arne S. Steinforth
4. Delocalizing illness: healing and the state in Chinese medicine / Dominic Steavu
5. Justice in Erwadi: a case study / Bhargavi Davar
6. Possession and the antisuperstition law in Maharashtra: an actors' perspective on modernization and disenchantment / Johannes Quack
7. "If your brother wants to kill you, kill him first": healing, law, and social justice in an African healer's courtroom / Ferdinand Okwaro
8. The Darbar of Goludev: possession, petitions, and modernity / Aditya Malik
9. Gods of justice / William S. Sax.

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