Animism

Respecting the Living World

Graham Harvey (Faculty of Arts), Michael J. Dwyer

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Columbia University Press
26 October 2005

Tribal religions

How have human cultures engaged with and thought about animals, plants, rocks, clouds, and other elements in their natural surroundings? Do animals and other natural objects have a spirit or soul? What is their relationship to humans? In this new study, Graham Harvey explores current and past animistic beliefs and practices of Native Americans, Maori, Aboriginal Australians, and eco-pagans. He considers the varieties of animism found in these cultures as well as their shared desire to live respectfully within larger natural communities. Drawing on his extensive casework, Harvey also considers the linguistic, performative, ecological, and activist implications of these different animisms.

By: Graham Harvey (Faculty of Arts)
Other: Michael J. Dwyer
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 140mm, Width: 218mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780231137010
ISBN 10: 023113701X
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 26 October 2005
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Graham Harvey (PhD, Religion, Newcastle) is Professor of Religious Studies at the Open University, London. He is the author of Animism: Respecting the Living World (Columbia/Hurst, 2005), Food, Sex, and Strangers: Understanding Religion in Everyday Life (Routledge, 2013), and Listening People, Speaking Earth: Contemporary Paganism 2/e (Hurst/NYU, 1997) and the editor of a number of books, including Handbook of Contemporary Animusm (Routledge, 2013), The Paganism Reader (Routledge, 2004), Shamanism: A Reader (Routledge, 2003), Indigenous Religions: A Companion (Palgrave, 2000), and Sensual Religion: Religion and the Five Senses (Equinox, 2018).

Reviews for Animism: Respecting the Living World

No recent author has emphasized it or dealt with its implications as thoroughly as Harvey. -- Choice The strengths of this book are its fluid and engaging...writing; its openly committed stand on the central question, i.e., whether or not animals, plants, rivers, etc. are people, and its use of major ethnographic sources as evidence, together with conversations with indigenous peoples. -- Stewart Guthrie, Fordham University