ISBN:
9780511520846
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (250 pages)
Series Statement:
Cambridge cultural social studies
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DDC:
306.6/91657
Keywords:
Katholische Kirche
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Geschichte 600-1500
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Geschichte
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Buddhist monasticism and religious orders
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Monasticism and religious orders / History / Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Asceticism / Theravāda Buddhism
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Asceticism / Catholic Church
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Therawada
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Christentum
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Soziologie
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Mönchtum
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Therawada
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Mönchtum
;
Christentum
;
Geschichte 600-1500
;
Therawada
;
Mönchtum
;
Soziologie
Abstract:
This book is a comparative macrosociological study of the interaction between religious virtuosi and society in two civilizations: traditional Theravada Buddhism and Medieval Catholicism. Merging Weberian sociology with the Maussian tradition of gift-analysis, and criticizing the neglect of meaning in current comparative historical sociology, the author also argues the need for a multidimensional approach capable of addressing the part played by religious orientations in shaping the institutional strength and ideological power of religious elites in the historical framework of the Great Traditions
Description / Table of Contents:
Virtuosi and society : elements of a comparative macrosociological approach -- The Weberian legacy -- Monasticism and social order : a multidimensional comparative perspective -- Virtuosi and society in Theravada Buddhism -- Ideological groundings : hierarchy and ritualized exchange -- Virtuosity institutionalized : the Sangha in social context -- Virtuoso radicalism : the triumph of a sociological complex -- Virtuosi and society in medieval Catholicism -- Ideological groundings : plurality and conditional exchange -- Virtuosity institutionalized : monasticism in social context -- Virtuoso radicalism : a self-defeating triumph -- Virtuosity, charisma, and social order -- Virtuosity and the virtuoso-society complex -- The virtuoso complex compared -- Conclusion : religious virtuosity as ideological power : some implications for the comparative study of civilizations
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511520846
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