198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
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Beyond Liminality: Ontologies of Abundant Betweenness examines the concept of liminality in the social sciences and humanities, and advocates for a more critical use of the concept while offering more precise alternatives.
Originally conceived in response to the near-universal ritualization of changes of status (i.e., "rites of passage"), liminality was a welcome and much-needed... Read more
Introduction 1. Liminality: A Concept, an Ontology 2. Beyond Liminality: Comparative Ontologies of Motion and Multiplicity 3. Genders Beyond Liminality 4. Persons Beyond Liminality 5. Shamans and Tricksters Beyond Liminality 6. Human, Post-human, Transhuman Beyond Liminality Conclusion: (Post)Modernity, “Permanent Liminality,” and the Return of a World in Motion
Biography
Jack David Eller is Head of Anthropology of Religion with the Global Center for Religious Research in Denver, Colorado, USA.
