The Potent Dead. Ancestors, Saints and Heroes in Contemporary Indonesia, Henri Chambert-Loir & Anthony Reid (eds.)
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25 novembre 2013
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Robert Wessing, « The Potent Dead. Ancestors, Saints and Heroes in Contemporary Indonesia, Henri Chambert-Loir & Anthony Reid (eds.) », Moussons, ID : 10.4000/moussons.2520
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When, in Man and Superman, George Bernard Shaw had Don Juan claim that “the death of […] even those we liked best was always mingled with a certain satisfaction at being finally done with them,” he could not have been thinking of Indonesia. To the contrary, death in the societies discussed in this book does not end the involvement of the deceased with those left behind, but is often a first step toward his or her gaining greater power, either as an ancestor or a founder-spirit, an object of c...