Without overlooking the role of coercive force in the maintenance (or overthrow) of social structures, Lincoln argues his thesis with rich illustrations drawn from such diverse areas as Platonic philosophy, the Upanishads of India, ancient Celtic banquets, professional wrestling, and the Spanish Civil War. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary study--which draws on works in history, semiotics, anthropology, sociology, classics, and indology--offers challenging new insights into the complex dynamics of social cohesion and change. The second edition includes three new chapters, new images, and an updated bibliography.…mehr
Without overlooking the role of coercive force in the maintenance (or overthrow) of social structures, Lincoln argues his thesis with rich illustrations drawn from such diverse areas as Platonic philosophy, the Upanishads of India, ancient Celtic banquets, professional wrestling, and the Spanish Civil War. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary study--which draws on works in history, semiotics, anthropology, sociology, classics, and indology--offers challenging new insights into the complex dynamics of social cohesion and change. The second edition includes three new chapters, new images, and an updated bibliography.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Bruce Lincoln is Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago.
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Preface to the Second Edition Introduction Part I: Myth 1. Myth, Sentiment, and the Construction of Social Forms 2. The Politics of Myth 3. Competing Uses of the Future in the Present Part II: Ritual 4. Ritual, Rebellion, Resistance: Rethinking the Swazi Ncwala 5. Banquets and Brawls: Aspects of Ceremonial Meals 6. Festivals and Massacres: Reflections on St. Bartholomew's Day 7. Revolutionary Exhumations in Spain Part III: Classification 8. The Tyranny of Taxonomy 9. The Dialectics of Symbolic Inversion 10. The Uses of Anomaly Part IV: Affinity, Estrangement, Alterity [new] 11. The Mythic Sisterhood of Europe and Asia [new] 12. ''We are all related'': The Limits of Inclusion at a Lakota Sun Dance 13. Food, Filth, and Religious Community Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
Preface to the Second Edition Introduction Part I: Myth 1. Myth, Sentiment, and the Construction of Social Forms 2. The Politics of Myth 3. Competing Uses of the Future in the Present Part II: Ritual 4. Ritual, Rebellion, Resistance: Rethinking the Swazi Ncwala 5. Banquets and Brawls: Aspects of Ceremonial Meals 6. Festivals and Massacres: Reflections on St. Bartholomew's Day 7. Revolutionary Exhumations in Spain Part III: Classification 8. The Tyranny of Taxonomy 9. The Dialectics of Symbolic Inversion 10. The Uses of Anomaly Part IV: Affinity, Estrangement, Alterity [new] 11. The Mythic Sisterhood of Europe and Asia [new] 12. ''We are all related'': The Limits of Inclusion at a Lakota Sun Dance 13. Food, Filth, and Religious Community Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
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