Broadly defined, animism is the belief that everything ... ru­ral Central and South America, indig­e­nous Pa­cif­ic Islands--pret­ty much ev­ery­where ex­cept West­ern Eu­rope, the ...

This is what I intend to do in this article. South America may have blazed the trail, but the expression “legal animism” actually appeared for the first time in the writings of French legal ...

‘Animism’ Revisited. Personhood ... Method of Controlled Equivocation Tipit’, Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America, 2:1, 3–20 Viveiros de Castro, Eduardo (2012).

(The Conversation) — Animism describes religions in which humans are connected to the landscape around them but do not dominate it. (The Conversation) — A movement known as “new animism ...

Animism is also very heavily incorporated in traditional Chinese religions, as well as Taoism, and Buddhism. Many Buddhist monks are consulted because of the belief they possess the ability to see ...

A movement known as “new animism,” which seeks to secure personhood rights for nonhuman beings through legal means, is gaining a following around the globe. Most of these people are using ...