Liminal practice: Pierre Bourdieu, madness, and religion
This article uses conceptions of liminality as found in the works of French social theorist and philosopher Georges Bataille and anthropologist Victor Turner to resolve limitations in Pierre Bourdieu’s functionalism. The concept of ‘liminal’ religious fields (e.g., charismatic effervescence) helps t...
| Published in: | Social compass |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2016]
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Social compass
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bourdieu, Pierre 1930-2002
/ Turner, Victor 1920-1983
/ Religion
/ Liminality
/ Psychosis
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion |
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| Summary: | This article uses conceptions of liminality as found in the works of French social theorist and philosopher Georges Bataille and anthropologist Victor Turner to resolve limitations in Pierre Bourdieu’s functionalism. The concept of ‘liminal’ religious fields (e.g., charismatic effervescence) helps to account for the affective, irrational, heterogeneous, and/or sacred aspects of social life, while maintaining the explanatory power of Bourdieu’s theoretical framework. In particular, this critical revision to Bourdieu allows a better understanding of religious events that obscure the lines between religious practice and madness, such as the Toronto Blessing. |
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| ISSN: | 1461-7404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Social compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0037768615615529 |