Kalpana Ram reflects on the way spirit possession unsettles some of the foundational assumptions of modernity. Drawing on the rich traditions of subaltern religion in Tamil Nadu, South India, Ram concludes that the basis for constructing an alternative understanding of human agency need not rest on the usual requirements of a fully present consciousness or on the exercise of choice and planning. Instead Ram uses spirit possession to illuminate ordinary experiences and relationships.
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