Modernity and Spirit Worship in India

This book investigates the entangled relations between people’s daily worship practices and their umwelt in South India. Focusing on the practices of spirit (būta) worship in the coastal area of Karnataka, it examines the relationship between people and deities. Based on extensive fieldwork, this bo...

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description This book investigates the entangled relations between people’s daily worship practices and their umwelt in South India. Focusing on the practices of spirit (būta) worship in the coastal area of Karnataka, it examines the relationship between people and deities. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book links important anthropological theories on personhood, perspectives, transactions, and gift-exchanges together with the Gestaltkreis theory of Viktor von Weizsäcker. First, it examines the relations between būta worship and land tenure, matriliny, and hierarchy in the society. It then explores the reflexive relationship between modern law and current practices based on conventional law, before examining new developments in būta worship with the rise of mega-industries and environmental movements. Furthermore, this book sheds light on the struggles and endeavours of the people who create and recreate their relations with the realm of sacred wildness, as well as the formations and transformations of the umwelt in perpetual social-political transition. Modernity and Spirit Worship in India will be of interest to academics in the field of anthropology, religious studies and the dynamics of religion, and South Asian Culture and Society.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1609912025-05-31T06:21:45Z Modernity and Spirit Worship in India Ishii, Miho Deputy Commissioner Coconut Trees modernity theories South Kanara customary law Transactional Network village shrine Traditional Family Land spirit possession Tamil Nadu reflexive imagination Oral Epic Grandfather’s Land South Asian Personhood Daily Social Relations Ritual Transactions Matrilineal Family St Respondent Land Tribunal Ontological World Wild Boar Sacred Wildness Modern Law Vijayanagara Period Ryotwari System Shrine Management Landlord Households Ontological Anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies This book investigates the entangled relations between people’s daily worship practices and their umwelt in South India. Focusing on the practices of spirit (būta) worship in the coastal area of Karnataka, it examines the relationship between people and deities. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book links important anthropological theories on personhood, perspectives, transactions, and gift-exchanges together with the Gestaltkreis theory of Viktor von Weizsäcker. First, it examines the relations between būta worship and land tenure, matriliny, and hierarchy in the society. It then explores the reflexive relationship between modern law and current practices based on conventional law, before examining new developments in būta worship with the rise of mega-industries and environmental movements. Furthermore, this book sheds light on the struggles and endeavours of the people who create and recreate their relations with the realm of sacred wildness, as well as the formations and transformations of the umwelt in perpetual social-political transition. Modernity and Spirit Worship in India will be of interest to academics in the field of anthropology, religious studies and the dynamics of religion, and South Asian Culture and Society. 2025-05-31T06:21:45Z 2025-05-31T06:21:45Z 2025-05-30T06:41:12Z 2019 book ONIX_20250530T083217_9781000740653_7 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103044 9781000740653 9781000740912 9780367822668 9781000740783 9780367410285 9781032086088 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160991 eng Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103044/1/9781000740653.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780367822668 10.4324/9780367822668 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 edb804e7-4509-4fa1-bef5-ccfda9576e4a 1427b46a-0987-49ac-ab6f-6ebd060604ed 9781000740653 9781000740912 9780367822668 9781000740783 9780367410285 9781032086088 Routledge 312 Oxford [...] Kyoto University KyotoU 10.13039/501100005683 open access
spellingShingle Deputy Commissioner
Coconut Trees
modernity theories
South Kanara
customary law
Transactional Network
village shrine
Traditional Family Land
spirit possession
Tamil Nadu
reflexive imagination
Oral Epic
Grandfather’s Land
South Asian Personhood
Daily Social Relations
Ritual Transactions
Matrilineal Family
St Respondent
Land Tribunal
Ontological World
Wild Boar
Sacred Wildness
Modern Law
Vijayanagara Period
Ryotwari System
Shrine Management
Landlord Households
Ontological Anthropology
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
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Ishii, Miho
Modernity and Spirit Worship in India
title Modernity and Spirit Worship in India
title_full Modernity and Spirit Worship in India
title_fullStr Modernity and Spirit Worship in India
title_full_unstemmed Modernity and Spirit Worship in India
title_short Modernity and Spirit Worship in India
title_sort modernity and spirit worship in india
topic Deputy Commissioner
Coconut Trees
modernity theories
South Kanara
customary law
Transactional Network
village shrine
Traditional Family Land
spirit possession
Tamil Nadu
reflexive imagination
Oral Epic
Grandfather’s Land
South Asian Personhood
Daily Social Relations
Ritual Transactions
Matrilineal Family
St Respondent
Land Tribunal
Ontological World
Wild Boar
Sacred Wildness
Modern Law
Vijayanagara Period
Ryotwari System
Shrine Management
Landlord Households
Ontological Anthropology
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies
topic_facet Deputy Commissioner
Coconut Trees
modernity theories
South Kanara
customary law
Transactional Network
village shrine
Traditional Family Land
spirit possession
Tamil Nadu
reflexive imagination
Oral Epic
Grandfather’s Land
South Asian Personhood
Daily Social Relations
Ritual Transactions
Matrilineal Family
St Respondent
Land Tribunal
Ontological World
Wild Boar
Sacred Wildness
Modern Law
Vijayanagara Period
Ryotwari System
Shrine Management
Landlord Households
Ontological Anthropology
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies
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