In this broad-ranging inquiry into ritual and its relation to place, Jonathan Z. Smith prepares the way for a new approach to the comparative study of religion.
Smith stresses the importance of place--in particular, constructed ritual environments--to a proper understanding of the ways in which "empty" actions become rituals. He structures his argument around the territories of the Tjilpa aborigines in Australia and two sites in Jerusalem--the temple envisioned by Ezekiel and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The first of these locales--the focus of one of the more important contemporary theories of religious ritual--allows Smith to raise questions concerning the enterprise of comparison. His close examination of Eliade's influential interpretation of the Tjilpa tradition leads to a powerful critique of the approach to religion, myth, and ritual that begins with cosmology and the category of "The Sacred."
In substance and in method, "To Take Place" represents a significant advance toward a theory of ritual. It is of great value not only to historians of religion and students of ritual, but to all, whether social scientists or humanists, who are concerned with the nature of place.
"This book is extraordinarily stimulating in prompting one to think about the ways in which space, or place, is perceived, marked, and utilized religiously. . . . A provocative example of the application of humanistic geography to our understanding of what "takes place" in religion."--Dale Goldsmith, " Interpretation
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0 有用 YING 2013-03-27 22:53:27
薄薄200頁近30刀,值。Smith的書機鋒綿密,methodologically instructive.
1 有用 日格洞人 2016-01-26 09:31:33
This is a book about how "power" "sneaks into" (or perhaps refines) the scared/profane division (further interpretation of Durkheim), though Smith's investigation is particularly devoted to the import... This is a book about how "power" "sneaks into" (or perhaps refines) the scared/profane division (further interpretation of Durkheim), though Smith's investigation is particularly devoted to the importance of "place" in ritual. Kees W. Bolle has a helpful review of this book. (展开)
0 有用 迪奥普 2023-02-15 14:14:55 广东
读到最后发现JayZ对宗教仪式的理解还是停留在神圣性建立秩序那套理论感觉有些白读,可能这就是传统宗教人类学的极限了。虽然他也发现了城市规划神圣性是historical,而非本来如此,但后来的Asad的知识考古学比这篇更加深刻。不过他对人文地理学的观点挺新颖的,可能因为我也就只读过段义孚的一本书。
1 有用 孔乙没有己 2020-06-08 10:44:45
记得先读伊利亚德
0 有用 迪奥普 2023-02-15 14:14:55 广东
读到最后发现JayZ对宗教仪式的理解还是停留在神圣性建立秩序那套理论感觉有些白读,可能这就是传统宗教人类学的极限了。虽然他也发现了城市规划神圣性是historical,而非本来如此,但后来的Asad的知识考古学比这篇更加深刻。不过他对人文地理学的观点挺新颖的,可能因为我也就只读过段义孚的一本书。
1 有用 孔乙没有己 2020-06-08 10:44:45
记得先读伊利亚德
1 有用 日格洞人 2016-01-26 09:31:33
This is a book about how "power" "sneaks into" (or perhaps refines) the scared/profane division (further interpretation of Durkheim), though Smith's investigation is particularly devoted to the import... This is a book about how "power" "sneaks into" (or perhaps refines) the scared/profane division (further interpretation of Durkheim), though Smith's investigation is particularly devoted to the importance of "place" in ritual. Kees W. Bolle has a helpful review of this book. (展开)
0 有用 YING 2013-03-27 22:53:27
薄薄200頁近30刀,值。Smith的書機鋒綿密,methodologically instructive.