Visceral Politics

How can a brutal murder influence a person's duty to their god? What do the bold actions of crows entering homes say about family relationships? How does meat reflect political beliefs? And what does the disappearance of gods, once roaming the earth and meeting their followers, tell us about the political changes happening in the world? This book studies the body of politics, revealing the deep connections and unseen forces that hold it together. It illustrates how power, political dynamics, and beliefs come to life through the actions of families, the land they inhabit, and the animals they sacrifice. The book pulls apart the messy, vital, and often mysterious aspects of human existence, examining the politics that shapes people. Along the way, it reveals how ordinary people, in their daily lives, also come to understand and challenge the systems of power around them.

Indira Arumugam is Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the National University of Singapore. Her research is focused on the grounded historical and cultural analysis of key political and economic processes such as democracy, neo-liberal economics and globalization. She has widely published in Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, Anthropological Forum, Anthropology and Humanism, Social Anthropology, Modern Asian Studies, Contributions to Indian Sociology, Material Religion, and Religions of South Asia.

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