The Spirit of Matter: Modernity, Religion, and the Power of Objects - Couverture souple

Pels, Peter

 
9781836956914: The Spirit of Matter: Modernity, Religion, and the Power of Objects
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1836956916 ISBN 13 : 9781836956914
Editeur : Berghahn Books, 2026

Synopsis

A range of meaningful objects―exhibits of human remains or live people, fetishes, objects in a Catholic Museum, exotic photographs, commodities, and computers―demonstrate a subordinate modern consciousness about powerful objects and their ‘life’. The Spirit of Matter discusses these objects that move people emotionally but whose existence is often denied by modern wishful thinking of ‘mind over matter’. It traces this mindset back to Protestant Christian influences that were secularized in the course of modern and colonial history.

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À propos de l'auteur

Peter Pels is a Professor of Anthropology of Africa at the University of Leiden. He edited the journal Social Anthropology (2003-2007) and advised the Çatalhöyük excavation project led by Ian Hodder (2005-14). His most recent publication is Museum Temporalities: Time, History and the Future of the Ethnographic Museum (Routledge, 2023) which is co-edited with Wayne Modest.

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Éditeur
Berghahn Books
Date d'édition
2026
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1836956916
ISBN 13 
9781836956914
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
387
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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