The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-StructureTransaction Publishers, 31.12.2011 - 213 Seiten In The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure, Victor Turner examines rituals of the Ndembu in Zambia and develops his now-famous concept of "Communitas." He characterizes it as an absolute inter-human relation beyond any form of structure. The Ritual Process has acquired the status of a small classic since these lectures were first published in 1969. Turner demonstrates how the analysis of ritual behavior and symbolism may be used as a key to understanding social structure and processes. He extends Van Gennep's notion of the "liminal phase" of rites of passage to a more general level, and applies it to gain understanding of a wide range of social phenomena. Once thought to be the "vestigial" organs of social conservatism, rituals are now seen as arenas in which social change may emerge and be absorbed into social practice. As Roger Abrahams writes in his foreword to the revised edition: "Turner argued from specific field data. His special eloquence resided in his ability to lay open a sub-Saharan African system of belief and practice in terms that took the reader beyond the exotic features of the group among whom he carried out his fieldwork, translating his experience into the terms of contemporary Western perceptions. Reflecting Turner's range of intellectual interests, the book emerged as exceptional and eccentric in many ways: yet it achieved its place within the intellectual world because it so successfully synthesized continental theory with the practices of ethnographic reports." |
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... of semiotics and structuralism. His lifework led him to explore the complexity of indigenous practices, recording its richness with the same abundance of meanings that literary critics brought to the analysis of. vi FOREWORD.
... of semiotics and structuralism. His lifework led him to explore the complexity of indigenous practices, recording its richness with the same abundance of meanings that literary critics brought to the analysis of. vi FOREWORD.
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... practices of non-literate peoples with Shakespeare or Blake. When discussing rites of transformation, like initiation ... practice over the shoulders of the participants. Turner was primarily excited by group life itself, life as ...
... practices of non-literate peoples with Shakespeare or Blake. When discussing rites of transformation, like initiation ... practice over the shoulders of the participants. Turner was primarily excited by group life itself, life as ...
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... practices of people celebrating life in its fullness. Living among the Ndembu from t950-54, he participated in their daily lives, learning at first hand the social, economic, political, and religious practices in the terms used by ...
... practices of people celebrating life in its fullness. Living among the Ndembu from t950-54, he participated in their daily lives, learning at first hand the social, economic, political, and religious practices in the terms used by ...
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... practice in terms that took the reader beyond the exotic features of the group among whom he carried out his ... practices of ethnographic reports. The tripartite processual scheme that he adapted from van Gennep, a scheme of separation ...
... practice in terms that took the reader beyond the exotic features of the group among whom he carried out his ... practices of ethnographic reports. The tripartite processual scheme that he adapted from van Gennep, a scheme of separation ...
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... practice of complex, "universalistic" religions— between communitas, structural outsiderhood, and structural ... practices. Some of the findings of the seminar have influenced the last two chapters of the book; others will bear later ...
... practice of complex, "universalistic" religions— between communitas, structural outsiderhood, and structural ... practices. Some of the findings of the seminar have influenced the last two chapters of the book; others will bear later ...
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The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure Victor Turner,Roger D Abrahams,Alfred Harris Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2017 |
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