The law of possession ritual, healing, and the secular state
"Rituals combining healing with spirit possession and court-like proceedings are found around the world and throughout history. For example, a person suffers from an illness that cannot be cured, and in order to be healed he performs a ritual involving prosecution and defense, a judge and witne...
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CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS VII
1. INTRODUCTION*WILLIAM S. SAX AND HELENE BASU I
PART ONE: DISINTEGRATION
2. IN THE COURTROOM OF JUNGLE SAINTS: THE POOR
AND TRANSCENDENTAL JUSTICE*HELENE BASU 31
3. BETWEEN SHRINE AND COURTROOM: LEGAL PLURALISM, WITCHCRAFT, AND
SPIRIT AGENCY IN SOUTHEASTERN AFRICA*ARNE S. STEINFORTH 55
4. DELOCALIZING ILLNESS: HEALING AND THE STATE IN CHINESE
MEDICINE*DOMINIC STEAVU 82
PART TWO: PURIFICATION
5. JUSTICE IN ERWADI: A CASE STUDY*BHARGAVI
DAVAR
117
6. POSSESSION AND THE ANTISUPERSTLTION LAW IN MAHARASHTRA:
AN ACTORS' PERSPECTIVE ON MODERNIZATION AND
DISENCHANTMENT*JOHANNES QUACK 138
7. "IF YOUR BROTHER WANTS TO KILL YOU, KILL HIM FIRST":
HEALING, LAW, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN AN AFRICAN HEALER'S
COURTROOM*FERDINAND OKWARO 162
VI CONTENTS
PART THREE: INTEGRATION
8. THE DARBAR OF GOLUDEV: POSSESSION, PETITIONS,
AND MODERNITY*ADITYA MALIK 193
9. GODS OF JUSTICE*WILLIAM S. SAX 226
INDEX 249 |
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