Rituals in an Unstable World - Contingency - Hybridity - Embodiment (Paperback, New edition)

Refuting prophecies of an unstoppable increase in secularization, the fascination of religious rituals proofs to be unbroken in the late modern world. This book contests classical paradigms that reduce the rationale of rituals to normativity (Durkheim), intelligibility (Geertz) and dialectics (Turner). Instead, it shows that rituals assert their significance in the post-colonial and globalizing world by successfully negotiating structure and contingency, identity and hybridity, script and embodiment. Its case studies are dealing with a broad variety of ritual genres and expressions, including initiation ceremonies and spirit possession, new harvest ceremonies, cults of ancestors, deities and saints, ceremonial receptions, inaugurations and memorials, ritual theatre, carnival and ritual painting in contemporary Brazil, Germany, France, India, Japan, Taiwan, USA, Vietnam, and Yemen.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	2008
First published:	2008
Editors:	Alexander Henn • Klaus-Peter Koepping
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	340
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-57393-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Interfaith relations Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Worship > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious experience > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious experience > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Worship > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Interfaith relations
LSN:	3-631-57393-6
Barcode:	9783631573938

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