Spirits in and of Southeast Asia's modernity: an overview

In this paper I focus on the appearances of spirits and ghosts in possession cults, popular rituals and the mass media in contemporary East- and Southeast Asia. The belief in spirits and ghosts, not to mention their magical manipulation, is usually regarded as outspokenly pre-modern. However, the ac...

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Main Author: Bräunlein, Peter J. 1956- (Author)
Corporate Author: BMBF-Kompetenznetzwerk "Dynamiken von Religion in Südostasien" (DORISEA) (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Göttingen Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 2013
In: DORISEA working paper (Issue 1)
Year: 2013
Series/Journal:DORISEA working paper Issue 1
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Asia / Belief in spirits / Magic
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
KBM Asia
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