The Rites of Rulers: Ritual in Industrial Society - the Soviet Case - Rilegato

Lane, Christel

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ISBN 10: 0521226082 ISBN 13: 9780521226080

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1981

Riassunto

Christel Lane examines the silent revolution and how it is achieved by rendering sacred the existing social and political order.

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Descrizione del libro

Christel Lane's book, originally published in 1981, examines the silent revolution and how it is achieved by rendering sacred the existing social and political order by the use of ritual. This book will interest sociologists of religion, anthropologists, political sociologists, and Soviet studies.

Contenuti

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements and abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Theory and Organisation of Ritual: 1. Ritual and related concepts; 2. Ritual in Soviet society: a theoretical analysis; 3. The beliefs and ritual of Soviet Marxism-Leninism as political religion; 4. The organisation of Soviet ritual; Part II. The Nature of Soviet Socialist Rituals: 5. Familial life-cycle ritual; 6. Rituals of initiation into social or political collectives; 7. Labour ritual; 8. Holidays of the calendric cycle and their ritual; 9. Ritual of the military-patriotic tradition; 10. The mass political holidays of the revolutionary tradition: a historical review, 1918–1978; Part III. Selected Theoretical Issues in Soviet Ritual: 11. Analysis of Soviet ritual symbolism; 12. Syncretism in Soviet symbolism; 13. The impact of Soviet socialist ritual; 14. Conclusion: ritual in modern society - a comparative analysis; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1981
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521226082
• ISBN 13: 9780521226080
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 318
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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