The Ritual Institution of Society

by Pascal Lardellier

Overview

This book demonstrates that our daily relations, like our most recognized institutions, are based on a symbolic foundation put in place by rituals. Rituals are present at every level of society and are an expression of the sacredness of society, as much as they are an expression of the cultures and eras that communicate through them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119527701
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/20/2019
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	455 KB

About the Author

Pascal Lardellier is Professor at the University of Burgundy, a researcher at CIMEOS and at PROPEDIA (IGS Group, Paris). Among his 20 books, several examine rituals in depth. This particular book proposes a summary of more than two decades of his research on them.

Table of Contents

1. A Plurality of Anthropology, a Permanence of Symbolic Mediations.
2. The Ritual, a “Total Scientific Object”.
3. Rituals and the Media.
4. The Ritual Institution of Society.