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The Cultural Power of Personal Objects

Traditional Accounts and New Perspectives
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2021

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Historical and theoretical discussions that describe and reflect on personal objects from a variety of perspectives.

The Cultural Power of Personal Objects seeks to understand the value and efficacy of objects, places, and times that take on cultural power and reverence to such a degree that they are treated (whether metaphorically or actually) as "persons," or as objects with "personality"-they are living objects. Featuring both historical and theoretical sections, the volume details examples of this practice, including the wampum of certain Native American tribes, the tsukumogami of Japan, the sacred keris knives of Java, the personality of seagoing ships, the ritual objects of Hinduism and Ancient Egypt, and more. The theoretical contributions aim to provide context for the existence and experience of personal objects, drawing from a variety of disciplines. Offering a variety of new philosophical perspectives on the theme, while grounding the discussion in a historical context, The Cultural Power of Personal Objects broadens and reinvigorates our understanding of cultural meaning and experience.

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Contributor: Jared Kemling Jared Kemling teaches philosophy at Rend Lake College.

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    Front Matter

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    Contents

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    Acknowledgments

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    Introduction

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  • Traditional Accounts
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    Mereology

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    Pete A. Y. Gunter
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    Personality in Seagoing Ships

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    Marc M. Anderson
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    Personified Objects and Objectified Persons in Ancient Egypt

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    Martin Pehal
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    Seeing and Time

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    John W. August III
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    Convergence and Divergence of Spirit

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    Kevin C. Taylor
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    The Journey of the Javanese Keris

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    Alan G. Maisey
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    Cherokee Nonhuman Persons in Dual Realms

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    Carrie Mclachlan
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    The Quilt as Personal Object

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    Sasha L. Biro
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    The New Materialism

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    Michael Jackson
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    Constituting Personal Objects, Constituting Persons

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    Dwayne A. Tunstall
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    A Personalized Cultural World

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    Jared Kemling
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    The Comfort of Things

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    James Mclachlan
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    Have We Effectively Made Money a Person and Ourselves Its Corporeal Embodiment?

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    Helen Grela
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    Wampum, Person, and the Life of Exchange

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    Randall Auxier
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    How My Piano Uses Gendlin’s Focusing Method

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    Ralph D. Ellis
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    Meditating on the Vitality of the Musical Object

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    Eli Kramer
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    Bring Out Your Dead

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    Laura J. Mueller
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    Sex Robots and Solipsism

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    Charles W. Harvey
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    Contributors

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    Index

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9781438486185
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413
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781438486185
eBook ISBN: 9781438486185
Keywords for this book
American Studies : Asian American Studies; American Studies : Indigenous Studies; Anthropology and Archaeology : Cultural Anthropology; Cultural Studies : Cultural Studies; Environmental Studies; Film; Visual Culture; and Performing Arts : Art; General Interest : General Interest; History : History; Philosophy : Philosophy; Religion and Spirituality : Religion; Sociology : Sociology
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
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