The dysfunction of ritual in early Confucianism
Ritual in the Liji -- Typology of dysfunction -- Coming to terms with dysfunction -- Preventing -- Inevitability of failure -- Whose fault is failure? Ambiguity and impinging agencies -- Ancients did not fix their graves -- Productive anxieties and the awfulness of failed ritual -- Concluding reflec...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York [u.a.]
Oxford University Press
c 2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford ritual studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Confucianism
/ Liji
/ Ritual
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| Further subjects: | B
Confucianism
Rituals
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Ritual in the Liji -- Typology of dysfunction -- Coming to terms with dysfunction -- Preventing -- Inevitability of failure -- Whose fault is failure? Ambiguity and impinging agencies -- Ancients did not fix their graves -- Productive anxieties and the awfulness of failed ritual -- Concluding reflections: toward a tragic theory of ritual -- On the textual composition of the Liji |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-273) and index |
| ISBN: | 0199924899 |