European Journal of Social Theory
... almost no engagement with the theoretical baggage and the history of concept formation within the discipline of anthropology. This article argues that anthropology may represent conceptual and theoretical perspectives of fundamental relevance to social theory, perspectives which have so far remained ...
... almost no engagement with the theoretical baggage and the history of concept formation within the discipline of anthropology. This article argues that anthropology may represent conceptual and theoretical perspectives of fundamental relevance to social theory, perspectives which have so far remained ...
DO ”GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS”?: SOME
... tion and analysis. Closely associated with the renaissance of cosmopolitanism was the rebirth of civil society with non-governmental organizations anchored in metropolitan centers but active in the ”periphery” of formerly communist states. The surely stupendous elements just sketched do make plausib ...
... tion and analysis. Closely associated with the renaissance of cosmopolitanism was the rebirth of civil society with non-governmental organizations anchored in metropolitan centers but active in the ”periphery” of formerly communist states. The surely stupendous elements just sketched do make plausib ...
symbolic anthropology
... ...in the Nkang’a ritual, each person or group in successive contexts, sees the milk tree only as representing her or their own specific interests and values at those times. However the anthropologist, who has previously made a structural analysis of Ndembu society, isolating its organizational pri ...
... ...in the Nkang’a ritual, each person or group in successive contexts, sees the milk tree only as representing her or their own specific interests and values at those times. However the anthropologist, who has previously made a structural analysis of Ndembu society, isolating its organizational pri ...
Victor Turner and Contemporary Cultural Performance, Graham St
... She claimed to have seen spirits in tribal ritual (under the influence of hallucinogens). This is a considered rejection of the academic preference for atheism over religious faith. Together they emphasised that anthropology should be a study of human experience, not just behaviour, and that resear ...
... She claimed to have seen spirits in tribal ritual (under the influence of hallucinogens). This is a considered rejection of the academic preference for atheism over religious faith. Together they emphasised that anthropology should be a study of human experience, not just behaviour, and that resear ...
Word Document 3MB - Swansea University
... “Oh the dear CD-Rom. Word seemed easy so why did this not turn out so? I thought anthropology was the ...
... “Oh the dear CD-Rom. Word seemed easy so why did this not turn out so? I thought anthropology was the ...
Liminality
In anthropology, liminality (from the Latin word līmen, meaning ""a threshold"") is the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of rituals, when participants no longer hold their pre-ritual status but have not yet begun the transition to the status they will hold when the ritual is complete. During a ritual's liminal stage, participants ""stand at the threshold"" between their previous way of structuring their identity, time, or community, and a new way, which the ritual establishes.The concept of liminality was first developed in the early 20th century by anthropologist Arnold van Gennep and later taken up by Victor Turner. More recently, usage of the term has broadened to describe political and cultural change as well as rituals. During liminal periods of all kinds, social hierarchies may be reversed or temporarily dissolved, continuity of tradition may become uncertain, and future outcomes once taken for granted may be thrown into doubt. The dissolution of order during liminality creates a fluid, malleable situation that enables new institutions and customs to become established. The term has also passed into popular usage, where it is applied much more broadly, undermining its significance to some extent.