William Sax
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 106314 |
|---|---|
| NOME | William Sax |
| PRENOMES | William |
| SOBRENOME | Sax |
| ASSINATURA | SAX W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | South Asia Institute |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1996 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Possession and the Modern Soul in Bali and India
Trance possession is attested and sometimes even cultivated in many human societies past and present. Its rejection as “deviant” in modern Western thought leads to medicalization or exorcism. Yet it is not the existence of trance possession that needs theoretical explanation but rather its radical repression and displacement as a legitimate discourse and part of public life in modern Western societies. In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam it is of…
Ritual healing and mental health in India
Ritual healing is very widespread in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and is by far the most common option for those with serious behavioral disturbances. Although ritual healing thus accounts for a very large part of the actual health care system, the state and its regulatory agencies have, for the most part, been structurally blind to its existence. A decade of research on in this region, along with a number of shorter research trips to healing…
The Royal pilgrimage of the Goddess Nanda
Once every twelve years, when it is thought that some calamity has taken place because of the curse of the goddess Nanda Devi, a four-horned ram is born in the fields of the former king of Garhwal, an erstwhile Central Himalayan kingdom in north India (see map of Garhwal). This four-horned ram leads a procession of priests and pilgrims on the most dangerous and spectacular pilgrimage in all of India: a three-week, barefoot journey of one-hundred …
Gesten
Gesten gehören zu den frühesten und wichtigsten Darstellungs- und Ausdrucksformen. Sie sind allen Menschen gemeinsam und sind zugleich historisch und kulturell unterschiedlich. Gesten sind Handlungen ohne Worte. Als soziale und ästhetische Darstellungs- und Ausdrucksformen bringen sie den Körper in Erscheinung. Sie sind dynamisch und performativ; sie spielen eine zentrale Rolle in: bildender Kunst, Film und Musik; Theater, Performance und Tanz; s…
The Gods at Play
Ritual healing and mental health in India
Ritual healing is very widespread in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and is by far the most common option for those with serious behavioral disturbances. Although ritual healing thus accounts for a very large part of the actual health care system, the state and its regulatory agencies have, for the most part, been structurally blind to its existence. A decade of research on in this region, along with a number of shorter research trips to healing…
The Gods at Play
The Royal pilgrimage of the Goddess Nanda
Once every twelve years, when it is thought that some calamity has taken place because of the curse of the goddess Nanda Devi, a four-horned ram is born in the fields of the former king of Garhwal, an erstwhile Central Himalayan kingdom in north India (see map of Garhwal). This four-horned ram leads a procession of priests and pilgrims on the most dangerous and spectacular pilgrimage in all of India: a three-week, barefoot journey of one-hundred …
Gesten
Gesten gehören zu den frühesten und wichtigsten Darstellungs- und Ausdrucksformen. Sie sind allen Menschen gemeinsam und sind zugleich historisch und kulturell unterschiedlich. Gesten sind Handlungen ohne Worte. Als soziale und ästhetische Darstellungs- und Ausdrucksformen bringen sie den Körper in Erscheinung. Sie sind dynamisch und performativ; sie spielen eine zentrale Rolle in: bildender Kunst, Film und Musik; Theater, Performance und Tanz; s…
Ritual healing and mental health in India
Ritual healing is very widespread in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and is by far the most common option for those with serious behavioral disturbances. Although ritual healing thus accounts for a very large part of the actual health care system, the state and its regulatory agencies have, for the most part, been structurally blind to its existence. A decade of research on in this region, along with a number of shorter research trips to healing…
Possession and the Modern Soul in Bali and India
Trance possession is attested and sometimes even cultivated in many human societies past and present. Its rejection as “deviant” in modern Western thought leads to medicalization or exorcism. Yet it is not the existence of trance possession that needs theoretical explanation but rather its radical repression and displacement as a legitimate discourse and part of public life in modern Western societies. In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam it is of…
History (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Ancient history (2 obras) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 obras) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (2 obras) · Law (2 obras) · Mainstream (2 obras) · Sociology (2 obras) · Aesthetics (1 obras) · Anthropology (1 obras)