Ludek Broz is Head of the Department of Ecological Anthropology at the Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences. He co-edited the volume Suicide and Agency: Anthropological Perspectives on Self-destruction, Personhood and Power (Routledge, 2016) with Daniel Muenster.

“The messages of this delightful book are compelling yet provocative and disturbing.” • Anthropos“Ultimately, the book should satisfy readers with a general interest in the region’s religious traditions and experiences, but it should also stimulate some discussion among regional experts, especially those who work in the theoretical milieu of the ontological turn.” • Sibirica“At the core of this text is the single best message that anthropology has always delivered: that there is much at stake in not just learning how to listen, but in how to hear what people are trying to tell us, and how to be fully open to new worlds.” • Bruce Grant, New York University

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsNote on TransliterationIntroductionChapter 1. Between Ancient Graves and Modern Rocket JunkChapter 2. How to Read a LetterChapter 3. Souls and Their PredatorsChapter 4. Property and (Non-)Human PersonhoodChapter 5. The Comparison ImpossibleChapter 6. Towards Strict Ontological ContinuitiesConclusionReferencesIndex