RELIGST 2EE3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Canadian Identity, Maurice Richard, Economic Nationalism
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Community and hope. studies in religion/sciences religieuses: hockey and religion share things, star player like god or myths. Gods, saints, high councils, scribes, religious regalia, shrines cathedrals, icons: you can consider these players names like this, stuff they sign or wear religious, coaches and managers as high council, uniform is religious clothing. Interconnectedness of mind, body, spirit for players = transcendence: fans have religious experience when you win the cup, hockey as embodied with experience, helps over come dualism of mind and body. Faulkner: symbolic universe of hockey enshrines values of manliness, being canadian, excellence: hockey has it"s own symbolic universe, characterized by speed, focused attention. Value of hockey: winning better than a pretty play. Nations = imagined communities: think of canada as this, never met people in pei but collectively have sense we come together when national team plays. Men"s ice hockey = narrative that connects nation. War with sports: competition among imagine.