The weight of the past : living with history in Mahajanga, Madagascar
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The weight of the past : living with history in Mahajanga, Madagascar
（Contemporary anthropology of religion）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-311) and index
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: hbk ISBN 9781403960672
内容説明
The Sakalava are one of the Malagasy ethnic groups of Madagascar. In this work, Michael Lambek starts from the basis of the mediumship and ritual which is the basis of an ancestral religious cult in Sakalava a cult that survives (controversially in some cases) alongside Christianity and Islam. These religious practices are more than mere religion. They are the site at which Sakalava historical memory, politics, and the economy are developed, generated, and extended. Ultimately, Lambek traces the concentric circles outward to provide a look at how subjectivity, the citizen, and a sense of identity is generated in a very different manner than the 'possessive individualism' of the West. The book makes contributions to the study of mediumship, religious practice, historical consciousness, psychological anthropology, and postcolonial politics. Its exploration of the distinct notion of the Sakalava self can be read as an implicit critique of Western culture.
目次
- Part I A poiesis of history: bearing Sakalava history: a glossary of key terms
- into the maze - surface and centre, place, person, and potency
- the Sakalava poiesis of history - realizing the past through spirit possession. Part II Structral remains - contemporary divisions of historical labour mechanical division: structure and history in the Northwest
- the legacy of Lord Diviner, Ndramisara - organic division, kindedness, and Sakalava subjects
- personal patricularism, mediumship, and distributive memory. Part III Serving the ancestors: popular performances - paying homage and gaining respect
- the great service (Fanompoa Be). Part IV Practicing history: Kassim's burden - the practice of an exemplary spirit. Appendix: the plan of Bezavo : answering to history - conflict, conscience, and change
- the play of the past - historicity in daily life. Conclusion: imagined continuities.
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: pbk ISBN 9781403960689
内容説明
In The Weight of the Past , Michael Lambek explores the complex ways that history shapes, constrains, and enables daily life. Focusing on ritual performances of spirit mediumship in a multifaceted religious landscape, Lambek's analysis reveals the multiple ways that Sakalava 'bear' history. In Mahajanga, Madagascar, to bear history is at once a weighty obligation, a creative re-birthing, a scrupulous cultivation, and an exuberant performance of the past. To bear history is to serve and to suffer it, but also to be informed, enlightened, and sanctified. Royal ancestors emerge in spirit mediums to comment on the present from multiple voices and generate a refracted, ironic historical consciousness. This book describes the division of labour, creative production (poiesis), and ethical practice (phronesis) entailed in imagining, embodying, and serving the past. It is at once a vivid ethnography of Sakalava life and a significant intervention in anthropological debates on culture and history, structure and practice, advocating a theoretical approach informed by Aristotelian categories of understanding. Ethnographically rich and engagingly written, this book will be essential reading for courses in the anthropology of religion, ritual, or historical consciousness.
目次
PART I: A POIESIS OF HISTORY Bearing Sakalava History: A Glossary of Some Key Terms Into the Maze: Surface and Centre, Place, Person, and Potency The Sakalava Poiesis of History: Realizing the Past through Spirit Possession PART II: STRUCTURAL REMAINS: CONTEMPORARY DIVISIONS OF HISTORICAL LABOR Mechanical Division: Structure and History in the Northwest The Legacy of Lord Diviner, Ndramisara: Organic Division, Kindedness, and Sakalava Subjects Personal Particularism, Mediumship, and Distributive Memory PART III: SERVING THE ANCESTORS Popular Performances: Paying Homage and Gaining Respect The Great Service (Fanompoa Be) PART IV: PRACTICING HISTORY Kassim's Burden: The Practice of an Exemplary Spirit Medium Answering to History: Conflict, Conscience, and Change The Play of the Past: Historicity in Daily Life Conclusion: Imagined Continuities
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