Ritual in Industrial Society

A Sociological Analysis of Ritualism in Modern England

Robert Bocock (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

234 Seiten

2021
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-43612-4 (ISBN)

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Originally published in 1974, Ritual in Industrial Society is based on several years’ research including interviews and observations into the importance of ritual in industrial society within modern Britain. The book addresses how identity and meaning for people of all occupations and social classes can be derived through rituals and provides an expansive and diverse examination of how rituals are used in society, including in birth, marriage and death. The book offers an examination into the use of symbolic action in the body to articulate experiences which words cannot adequately handle and suggests that this enables modern men and women to overcome the mind-body splits which characterise modern technological society. In addition to this, the book examines ritual as a tool for articulating and sharing religious experiences, a point often overlooked by more intellectual approaches to religion in sociology. In addition to this, the book covers an exploration into ritual in social groups and how this is used to develop a sense of belonging among members. The book will be of interest to sociologists as well as academics of religion and theology, social workers and psychotherapists.

Preface Introduction 1. ‘Man Shall Not Live by Bread Alone’ 2. Towards a Sociology of Ritual Action 3. Ritual: Civic and Religious 4. Religious Ritual in the Church of England 5. Nationalism and Civic Ritual 6. Life-Cycle Rituals 7. Aesthetic Ritual 8. Ritual, Social Change and Counter-Culture References Index

Erscheinungsdatum	07.06.2021
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: Ritual
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	281 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Technik
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	0-367-43612-4 / 0367436124
ISBN-13	978-0-367-43612-4 / 9780367436124
Zustand	Neuware