Social and cultural anthropology
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Soulless Matter, Seats of Energy
Fabrizio M. Ferrari, Thomas Dahnhardt
Soulless Matter, Seats of Energy is the natural continuation of the two previous edited collections on animals and plants in South Asian religions. This volume reflects on the mineral world in South Asian traditions. It explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jain...
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Roots of Wisdom, Branches of Devotion
Fabrizio M. Ferrari, Thomas Dahnhardt
Roots of Wisdom, Branches of Devotion is the natural continuation of the two previous edited collections on animals and minerals in South Asian religions. This volume reflects on plant life in South Asian traditions. It explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jain...
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Charming Beauties and Frightful Beasts
Fabrizio M. Ferrari, Thomas Dahnhardt, Patrick Olivelle, David Smith, David Torri, Alice Collett, Eleanor Nesbitt, Stefano Beggiora, Ivette Vargas-O'Bryan, Sarit K. Chaudhuri, Eva de Clercq, David Pinault, Rachel Dwyer, Xenia Zeiler, Amy L. Allocco
Fabrizio M. Ferrari, Thomas Dahnhardt
Discussions on non-human animals, other-than-human persons and religion originally emerged within the context of Christian theology, eco-theology and Western-based environmentalism. In response to that, and by adhering to post-modern discourses on, for instance, indigeneity, mimicry and hybridity, t...
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Global Tribe
Trance events have an uncanny ability to capture an era, and captivate an audience of travellers occupying the eternal theatre of the dance floor. As this book shows, the tendency within psytrance is to thwart the passage of time, to prolong the night, for those who adopt a liminal lifestyle. Amid t...