An exploration into the idea that festivals and rituals enable change. Durkheim's view of society is rather static and monolithic, but societies change and develop all the time, or rather, the elements that make them do. How do societies accommodate all this change and yet persist in a recognisably similar form? The answer is that they often incorporate rites of passage, ritual mechanisms that allow individuals to move from one stage of life to another without threatening the stability of the whole.
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The fifth 'lecture' in the series Festivals in Religion and Culture. This is used by students as an option within U73621 Essentials of Religion.
Anthropology, Communication, Media and Culture, Education, History, Philosophy , Religion and Theology, Sociology
Festivals Religion Culture U73621 ritual rites of passage Arnold van Gennep Victor Turner social drama
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Research literacy, Critical self-awareness and personal literacy, Academic literacy
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