In 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 Vietnam, the contributors to this book
investigate the role and impact of different social, political, and
economic dynamics in the reconfiguration of local spirit worlds in
modern Southeast Asia. Their findings contribute to the
re-enchantment debate by revealing that the "spirited modernities"
that have emerged in the process not only embody a distinct feature
of the contemporary moment, but also invite a critical rethinking
of the concept of modernity itself.
Kirsten W. Endres is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of
Research Group at Department II, Max Planck Institute for Social
Anthropology, Halle/Saale. Her monograph, "Performing the Divine:
Mediums, Markets and Modernity in Urban Vietnam" (2011), examines
the flourishing of urban spirit mediumship as part of the recent
revival of popular religion in Vietnam.
Andrea Lauser is Professor in the Department of Social and
Cultural Anthropology, Georg-August-University, Gottingen, Germany.
She is a member of and lecturer in a new area studies network
"Dynamics of Religion in Southeast-Asia," composed of the Southeast
Asia departments of Hamburg, Berlin, Muenster, Heidelberg and
Gottingen, and funded by the German Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF).
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