The anthropology of history has become one of the discipline's most exciting areas, and this book deserves a prominent place in current debates. Scholars drawn from around the world explore the many possible shapes and trajectories of the past, and in doing so challenge our understandings of cosmology itself.

Simon Coleman, Chancellor Jackman Professor, University of Toronto, Canada

This volume shifts the focus of the anthropology of religion from the agency and plasticity of things, bodies, and spirits, to the plasticity of time and the multiple historicities generated by the relations with spirits, ghosts and other cosmic entities. A thoughtful and brilliant collection of essays; a must read.

Roger Sansi, Professor of Anthropology, University of Barcelona, Spain

Here is a book which rethinks our understanding of history and time. Ghosts, spirits, trauma and even bitcoin are analysed in a new light, showing how people in settings across the globe make sense of their past and prospects of the future through cosmologies of diverse kinds. A stimulating read.

Eric Hirsch, Professor of Anthropology, Brunel, University of London, UK