Social Formations of Wonder: Anthropology and Awe

ISBN-13: 9781138393844 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 140 str.

Jaap Timmer; Matt Tomlinson

Opis

This book reveals how wonder works as an index of challenges to the known, the moral, the true and the real. The case studies show how probing wonder can bring us closer to understanding the union of social institutions. This book was originally published as a Special Issue of The Journal of Religious and Political Practice.

Spis treści

Introduction  1.The wonder of cloacal creation from myth to MONA  2.Wonders and tremors in the aftershocks of high energy physics  3.Wondrous geographies and historicity for state-building on Malaita, Solomon Islands  4.Fear and wonder out bush: engaging a critical anthropological perspective on indigenous alterity  5.Try the spirits: power encounters and anti-wonder in Christian missions  6.Clearing curses and commanding crocodiles: observations of atypical events in rural Solomon Islands  7.Uncertain encounters with wild elephants in Assam, Northeast India  8.Getting more real with wonder: an afterword