Capitalism Magic Thailand : Modernity with Enchantment /

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By studying intersections among new cults of wealth, ritually empowered amulets and professional spirit mediumship--which have emerged together in Thailand's dynamic religious field in recent decades--Capitalism Magic Thailand explores the conditions under which global modernity produces new va...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Jackson, Peter A. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Singapore : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2022.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Wealth > Religious aspects.
Cults.
Richesse > Thaïlande > Aspect religieux.
Cults > Thailand.
Wealth > Thailand > Religious aspects.
Magic > Economic aspects > Thailand.
Thailand.
Electronic books.
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Résumé:By studying intersections among new cults of wealth, ritually empowered amulets and professional spirit mediumship--which have emerged together in Thailand's dynamic religious field in recent decades--Capitalism Magic Thailand explores the conditions under which global modernity produces new varieties of enchantment. Bruno Latour's account of modernity as a condition fractured between rationalizing ideology and hybridizing practice is expanded to explain the apparent paradox of new forms of magical ritual emerging alongside religious fundamentalism across a wide range of Asian societies. In Th.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (392 pages).
ISBN:9789814951975

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