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Ritual and its Consequences: An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity
Adam B Seligman
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Description for Ritual and its Consequences: An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity
Paperback. This book argues for the continuing tension across historical contexts between movements emphasizing ritual and movements emphasizing sincerity. Our contemporary age has, at great risk, downplayed the importance of ritual. Drawing on examples from Chinese, Greek, Jewish, and contemporary culture, the book presents an innovative interdisciplinary account of how ritual works. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: HRLF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
Ritual is usually understood as pointing to some essence beyond the ritual act itself. This ambitious interdisciplinary study offers a convincing challenge to this understanding. The authors begin by seeking to explain how the conventional idea arose in the first place. They locate its origin in a post-Protestant and post-Enlightenment vision of ritual action that emphasizes rituals as merely external signs of interior states. This approach, say the authors, is part of a far larger way of relating to the self and to the world, which they label "sincerity." But ritual, they say, is the very opposite of sincerity because ... Read more
Ritual is usually understood as pointing to some essence beyond the ritual act itself. This ambitious interdisciplinary study offers a convincing challenge to this understanding. The authors begin by seeking to explain how the conventional idea arose in the first place. They locate its origin in a post-Protestant and post-Enlightenment vision of ritual action that emphasizes rituals as merely external signs of interior states. This approach, say the authors, is part of a far larger way of relating to the self and to the world, which they label "sincerity." But ritual, they say, is the very opposite of sincerity because ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
369g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195336016
SKU
V9780195336016
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About Adam B Seligman
Adam B. Seligman is Professor of Religion and Research Associate at the Institute for Culture, Religion, and World Affairs at Boston University. Robert P. Weller is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Research Associate at the Institute for Culture, Religion, and World Affairs at Boston University. Michael J. Puett is Professor of Chinese History at ... Read more
Reviews for Ritual and its Consequences: An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity
a superb defence of recourse to ritual propriety and doing the right thing, as against the embarrassing self-indulgences of modern sincerity and authenticity.
David Martin, Times Literary Supplement
exudes a breadth of expertise and experience rooted in a long and fruitful multidisciplinary conversation
Greg Schmidt Goering, Journal of the American Academy Religion
David Martin, Times Literary Supplement
exudes a breadth of expertise and experience rooted in a long and fruitful multidisciplinary conversation
Greg Schmidt Goering, Journal of the American Academy Religion