The Anthropology of Religion, Charisma and Ghosts : : Chinese Lessons for Adequate Theory / / Stephen Feuchtwang.
It has been said that Chinese government was, until the republican period, government through li. Li is the untranslatable word covering appropriate conduct toward others, from the guest rituals of imperial diplomacy to the hospitality offered to guests in the homes of ordinary people. It also cover...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religion and Society ,
46 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Part 1. Religion
- Chapter 2. ‘Religion’ and its historical transfer into China
- Chapter 3. ‘A Chinese religion exists’
- Chapter 4. A theory of religious ritual as deference and communicative excess
- Part 2. Charisma
- Chapter 5. The Organisation of Extravagance as Charismatic authority and Self-government
- Chapter 6. Charismatic self-healing: a case of spirit-writing in Taiwan under Japanese occupation
- Chapter 7. Charisma in China
- Part 3. Ghosts
- Chapter 8. The avenging ghost
- Chapter 9. Between temporalities: a case study of the transmission of loss in Taiwan
- Chapter 10. Between death and life: a location of ghosts and demons
- Chapter 11. ‘Religion’ in the government of the People’s Republic of China: policy-led redefinition and openings in political space
- Backmatter