Engaging the Spirit World

Engaging the Spirit WorldIn many parts of the contemporary world, spirit beliefs and practices have taken on a pivotal role in addressing the discontinuities and uncertainties of modern life. The myriad ways in which devotees engage the spirit world show the tremendous creative potential of these practices and their innate adaptability to changing times and circumstances. Through in depth anthropological case studies from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and

one distinctive approach to testimony has not been fully appreciated: the recent history of contemporary continental philosophy offers a rich source for another approach to testimony

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the dominant approach to the Shiji has been to infer Sima's intentions from his biographical experiences and subsequently project them back into the text

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