REL 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Pierre Bourdieu, Jai Santoshi Maa, Premarital Sex
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Religion: the basics chapter 2 from lecture cultus (latin): protected, cultivated, worshipped technical academic meaning of cult : small group/charismatic leader, (not negative) culture: loose network of symbols, values, behaviors, and objects. As education, civilization: 18th and early 19th centuries, wealthy folks, people bash and say being natural is better (uneducated) As a category type, with tokens: late 19th century, culture is type with chinese, German, british etc. as tokens, saying 1 is better than the other. Marx & engels: religion as superstructure, reaction against idealism, base=material production of goods, superstructure=everything else. Superstructure grows out of the base, and reflects the interests of the ruling class that controls the base. Durkheim: religion as social glue, focus on function, w/o it people are separate. Weber: religious ideas can yield worldly results, benefits. Geertz: religion as system of symbols, symbols=culture, (apple pie, american flag etc. ) from nye elite culture: ex.
