More than three decades ago, Stanley Tambiah (1990, p. 83) contended that the disconcerting character of ritual for moderns “will only disappear when we succeed in embedding magic in a more ample theory of human life in which the path of ritual action is seen as an indispensable mode for men […] of relating to and participating in the life of the world”. It is no coincidence that the last chapter of Peter A. Jackson’s enthralling venture into the enchanted world of post-Cold War Thailand closes with this auspicious quote (p. 313). In fact, Capitalism, Magic, Thailand (2022, ISEAS) turns Tambiah’s hope into an unprecedented achievement.
"Capitalism, Magic, Thailand: Modernity with Enchantment" (Author: Peter A. Jackson ISEAS Publishing, 2022)
Bolotta Giuseppe
2024
Abstract
More than three decades ago, Stanley Tambiah (1990, p. 83) contended that the disconcerting character of ritual for moderns “will only disappear when we succeed in embedding magic in a more ample theory of human life in which the path of ritual action is seen as an indispensable mode for men […] of relating to and participating in the life of the world”. It is no coincidence that the last chapter of Peter A. Jackson’s enthralling venture into the enchanted world of post-Cold War Thailand closes with this auspicious quote (p. 313). In fact, Capitalism, Magic, Thailand (2022, ISEAS) turns Tambiah’s hope into an unprecedented achievement.
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