routledge studies in anthropology animism

Routledge Studies in Religion: An Anthropology of the Qur an (Paperback)

This book presents an anthropological study of the Qur an offering an unprecedented challenge to some of the epistemological and metaphysical assumptions of the tawḥīdic discourses. Combining primary textual materials and anthropological analysis... more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology Traveling Spirits: Migrants Markets and Mobilities (Paperback)

Maintaining and forging religious networks across borders have long been part of migrants activities. However due to the wide availability of communication technologies and the reduced costs of transportation transnational social practices including... more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology Traveling Spirits: Migrants Markets and Mobilities Book 04 (Hardcover)

Maintaining and forging religious networks across borders have long been part of migrants activities. However due to the wide availability of communication technologies and the reduced costs of transportation transnational social practices including... more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology After the Crisis: Anthropological Thought Neoliberalism and the Aftermath (Paperback)

After the Crisis: Anthropological Thought Neoliberalism and the Aftermath offers a thought-provoking examination of the state of contemporary anthropology identifying key issues that have confronted the discipline in recent years and linking them to... more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology Adolescent Identity: Evolutionary Cultural and Developmental Perspectives Book 7 (Hardcover)

As our world becomes increasingly permeable and as human populations are rapidly converging and transitioning within a global interconnectedness it is vital that we look to and learn from those most adept at the adaptation creation and contesting of... more

Routledge Revivals Millennium and Charisma Among Pathans (Routledge Revivals): A Critical Essay in Social Anthropology (Hardcover)

First published in 1976 this Routledge Revivals reissue presents an analysis of the Swat Pathans the people of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan who belong administratively to Pakistan despite being a fiercely independent group with their... more

Studies in Social Analysis: Animism Beyond the Soul: Ontology Reflexivity and the Making of Anthropological Knowledge (Paperback)

How might we envision animism through the lens of the anthropology of anthropology ? The contributors to this volume offer compelling case studies that demonstrate how indigenous animistic practices concepts traditions and ontologies are co-authored in... more

Routledge Religion Companions The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion (Paperback)

The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion is a major resource for courses in Religious Studies. It begins by explaining the most important methodological approaches to religion including psychology philosophy anthropology and comparative study... more

Routledge Studies in Religion Animal Ethics and Theology: The Lens of the Good Samaritan (Paperback)

In this book Daniel K. Miller articulates a new vision of human and animal relationships based on the foundational love ethic within Christianity. Framed around Jesus parable of the Good Samaritan Animal Ethics and Theology thoughtfully examines the... more

Routledge/Bips Persian Studies Politics of Culture in Iran (Paperback)

This first full-length study of the history of Iranian anthropology charts the formation and development of anthropology in Iran in the twentieth century. The text examines how and why anthropology and culture became part of wider socio-political... more

Routledge Focus on Anthropology Masking in Pandemic U.S.: Beliefs and Practices of Containment and Connection (Hardcover)

This anthropological study explores the beliefs and practices that emerged around masking in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic. Americans responded to this illness as unique subjects navigating the flux of social and corporeal boundaries supporting... more

Routledge Studies in Health and Social W Gender Equity in Health: The Shifting Frontiers of Evidence and Action Book 05 (Hardcover)

This volume brings together experts from a variety of disciplines such as medicine biology sociology epidemiology anthropology economics and political science who focus on three areas: health disparities and inequity due to gender the specific problems... more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology Africa and Urban Anthropology: Theoretical and Methodological Contributions from Contemporary Fieldwork (Hardcover)

This volume offers valuable anthropological insight into urban Africa covering a range of cities across a continent that has become one of the fastest urbanizing geographic areas of the globe. Consideration is given to the structures social formations... more

Routledge Research in Music Music Science and the Rhythmic Brain: Cultural and Clinical Implications (Hardcover)

This book studies the effects of repetitive musical rhythm on the brain and nervous system and in doing so integrates diverse fields including ethnomusicology psychology neuroscience anthropology religious studies music therapy and human health. It... more

Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Dynamics and Performativity of Imagination: The Image between the Visible and the Invisible Book 21 (Hardcover)

In this interdisciplinary anthology essays study the relationship between the imagination and images both material and mental. Through case studies on a diverse array of topics including photography film sports theater and anthropology contributors... more

Routledge Studies in Cultural History Rituality and Social (Dis)Order: The Historical Anthropology of Popular Carnival in Europe (Paperback)

Carnival has been described as one of the foundational elements of European culture bearing an emblematic and iconic status as the festive phenomenon par excellence. Its origins are partly obscure but its stratified and complex history rich symbolic... more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology Time and Its Object: A Perspective from Amerindian and Melanesian Societies on the Temporality of Images (Paperback)

This volume examines the way objects and images relate to and shape notions of temporality and history. Bringing together ethnographic studies from the Lowlands of Central and South America and Melanesia it explores the temporality inhering in images... more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology: Decolonising Indigenous Rights (Paperback)

Covering a wide range of issues relating to the topic this book examines the experiences and perceptions of indigenous peoples in the context of the national states and political systems that have been externally imposed and implemented upon them.... more

Routledge Studies in Linguistic Anthropology: The Ambiguity of English as a Lingua Franca (Paperback)

Grounded in ethnography this monograph explores the ambiguity of English as a lingua franca by focusing on identity politics of language and race in contemporary South Africa. The book adopts a multidisciplinary approach which highlights how ways of... more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology Rethinking Relation-Substance Dualism: Submutances and the Body (Hardcover)

This book analyses anthropological debates on relationism (referring to methodological and theoretical issues) and sets out to reconsider these discussions with regards to the notion of substance (generally associated with the body). more

Routledge Studies in Science Technology Biomedicine as Culture: Instrumental Practices Technoscientific Knowledge and New Modes of Life (Paperback)

This volume offers interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary biomedicine as a cultural practice. It brings together leading scholars from cultural anthropology sociology history and science studies to conduct a critical dialogue on the culture(s)... more

Pre-Owned The Anthropology of Love and Anger: The Aesthetics of Conviviality in Native Amazonia (Paperback) 0415224187 9780415224185

Questions the very foundations of western sociological thought. A fascinating work that contains case studies from across South America and discussions on topics such as the efficacy of laughter. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better... more

Pre-Owned International Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Issues (Paperback) 0813350492 9780813350493

This core text is the first to provide a much-needed interdisciplinary approach to international studies. Emphasizing the interconnected nature of history geography anthropology economics and political science International Studies details the... more

Pre-Owned Sexual Offending: A Criminological Perspective (Paperback) 1138697044 9781138697041

There is growing recognition that sexual offending is a multi-determined phenomenon requiring a multi-disciplinary perspective. The significant contribution of psychology and psychiatry but also sociology gender studies and anthropology to the study of... more