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An edition of Ritual theory, ritual practice (1992)

Ritual theory, ritual practice

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Arguing that the concept of ritual is overdue for critical rethinking, Bell here offers a close theoretical analysis of recent developments in ritual studies, concentrating on anthropology, sociology, and history of religions. She begins by showing how discourse on ritual has served to generate and legitimate a limited and ultimately closed form of cultural analysis. She then proposes that so-called ritual activities be removed from their isolated position as special, paradigmatic acts and restored to the context of "social activity" in general. Using the term "ritualization" to describe ritual thus contextualized, she defines it as a culturally strategic way of acting. She goes on to show how this definition can serve to illuminate such classic issues in traditional ritual studies as belief, ideology, legitimation, and power.

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English
Pages
270

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1992, Oxford University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-258) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
291.3/8
Library of Congress
BL600 .B46 1992, BL600.B46 1992

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 270 p. ;
Number of pages
270

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1538408M
Internet Archive
ritualtheoryritu0000bell
ISBN 10
0195076133, 0195069234
LCCN
91016816
OCLC/WorldCat
23651089
Library Thing
90928
Goodreads
934451

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Work ID
OL3277061W

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