Intersubjective Affect and Embodied Emotion: Feeling the Supernatural in Thailand

In this article I argue for increased attention to the supernatural as a site for inquiry into, and elaboration of, affect. In attending to how and when people encounter ghosts in Thailand, affect is approached as a moving, interpersonal field of wishes and desires. These wishes and desires circulat...

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1. VerfasserIn: Cassaniti, Julia (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: American Anthropological Association [2015]
In: Anthropology of consciousness
Jahr: 2015, Band: 26, Heft: 2, Seiten: 132-142
weitere Schlagwörter:B Phenomenology
B Religion
B Intersubjectivity
B Thailand
B Supernatural
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Zusammenfassung:In this article I argue for increased attention to the supernatural as a site for inquiry into, and elaboration of, affect. In attending to how and when people encounter ghosts in Thailand, affect is approached as a moving, interpersonal field of wishes and desires. These wishes and desires circulate within intersubjective spaces, and are sometimes experienced as coalesced, embodied emotions. In highlighting such an orientation, affect (at least in Thailand) can be understood as not just an intersubjective project but also a spiritual one. I suggest that we pay special attention to this quality of the supernatural as an affective force and to the intersubjective, affective currents of emotion.
ISSN:1556-3537
Enthält:Enthalten in: Anthropology of consciousness
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/anoc.12036