Communitas - The Anthropology of Collective Joy (Hardcover, New)

In this seminal work, Edith Turner extends and investigates the concept of communitas that Victor Turner developed nearly four decades ago. Communitas is inspired fellowship, a group's unexpected joy in sharing common experiences together. Turner argues that communitas is a driving force in history as it operates personally, in religion, in revolution, in all domains of human life. This tour de force views key events through the lens of communitas and establishes by narration and multicultural case studies its fundamental importance to human personal, social, and spiritual well-being. At heart, this is an inspired book, or as Turner writes, a connection among "nature, spirit-energy, and soul."

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
Release date:	2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	E. Turner
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	258
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-33905-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN:	0-230-33905-0
Barcode:	9780230339057

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