The Archetypal Actions of Ritual: A Theory of Ritual Illustrated by the Jain Rite of Worship

by James Laidlaw and Caroline Humphrey

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Humphrey and Laidlaw present a new and radical general theory of ritual by drawing on an ethnographically rich account of the ritual worship of the Jains of western India. Ritual, they argue, is not a logically separate type of activity, but rather a quality that can be attributed to a wide
range of everyday activities. In exploring the issue of what is distinctive about actions which are ritualized, this book makes an ambitious and controversial...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0198279477

ISBN13:9780198279471

Release Date:November 1994

Publisher:Clarendon Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

Cultural Jainism Language Arts Linguistics Other Eastern Religions & Sacred Texts Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality Social Science Social Sciences Words, Language & Grammar

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