Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Modern Paganism
Kathryn . Ed(S): Rountree
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Hardback. Editor(s): Rountree, Kathryn. Series: Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities. Num Pages: 276 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRKP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 489.
This volume explores how Pagans negotiate local and global tensions as they craft their identities, both as members of local communities and as cosmopolitan “citizens of the world.” Based on cutting edge international case studies from Pagan communities in the United States, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Malta, it considers how modern Pagans negotiate tensions between the particular and universal, nationalism and cosmopolitanism, ethnicity, and world citizenship. The burgeoning of modern Paganisms in recent decades has proceeded alongside growing globalization and human mobility, ubiquitous Internet use, a mounting environmental crisis, the re-valuing of indigenous religions, ... Read more
This volume explores how Pagans negotiate local and global tensions as they craft their identities, both as members of local communities and as cosmopolitan “citizens of the world.” Based on cutting edge international case studies from Pagan communities in the United States, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Malta, it considers how modern Pagans negotiate tensions between the particular and universal, nationalism and cosmopolitanism, ethnicity, and world citizenship. The burgeoning of modern Paganisms in recent decades has proceeded alongside growing globalization and human mobility, ubiquitous Internet use, a mounting environmental crisis, the re-valuing of indigenous religions, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137570406
SKU
V9781137570406
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About Kathryn . Ed(S): Rountree
Kathryn Rountree is Professor of Anthropology at Massey University, New Zealand. She has published on contemporary Paganism in Malta and New Zealand, feminist spirituality, sacred sites, shamanism and animism. Books include Contemporary Pagan and Native Faith Movements in Europe (2015), Crafting Contemporary Pagan Identities in a Catholic Society (2010), Embracing the Witch and the Goddess (2004) and the co-edited Archaeology ... Read more
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