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  1. What Matters?
    Ethnographies of Value in a Not So Secular Age
    Erschienen: 2012; ©2012
    Verlag:  Columbia University Press, New York

    Over the past decade, religious, secular, and spiritual distinctions have broken down, forcing scholars to rethink secularity and its relationship to society. Since classifying a person, activity, or experience as religious or otherwise is an... mehr

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    Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen, Bibliothek Nürtingen
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    Over the past decade, religious, secular, and spiritual distinctions have broken down, forcing scholars to rethink secularity and its relationship to society. Since classifying a person, activity, or experience as religious or otherwise is an important act of valuation, one that defines the characteristics of a group and its relation to others, scholars are struggling to recast such concepts in an increasingly ambiguous, pluralistic world. This collection considers religious and secular categories and what they mean to those who seek valuable, ethical lives. As they investigate how individuals and groups determine significance, set goals, and attribute meaning, contributors illustrate the ways in which religious, secular, and spiritual designations serve as markers of value. Reflecting on recent ethnographic and historical research, chapters explore contemporary psychical research and liberal American homeschooling; the work of nineteenth and early-twentieth-century American psychologists and French archaeologists; the role of contemporary humanitarian and volunteer organizations based in Europe and India; and the prevalence of highly mediated and spiritualized publics, from international psy-trance festivals to Ghanaian national political contexts. Contributors particularly focus on the role ambivalence, attachment, and disaffection in the formation of religious, secular, and spiritual identities, resetting research on secular society and contemporary religious life while illuminating what matters in the lives of ordinary individuals. Intro -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION: Things of Value -- From a Materialist Ethic to the Spirit of Prehistory -- Conquering Religious Contagions and Crowds -- Religious and Secular "Spiritual" and "Physical" in Ghana -- Volunteer Experience -- Secular Humanitarianism and the Value of Life -- Homeschooling the Enchanted Child -- Mind Matters -- Tribalism, Experience, and Remixology in Global Psytrance Culture -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index.

     

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    Quelle: Verbundkataloge
    Beteiligt: Taves, Ann (MitwirkendeR)
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780231504683
    Schriftenreihe: A Columbia / SSRC Book
    Schlagworte: Meaning (Philosophy); Meaning (Philosophy); Electronic books
    Umfang: 1 online resource (297 pages)
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