RELIGST 2EE3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fnb Stadium, Georges Bataille, Coast Tsimshian Dialect

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2EE3
• Professor: Eileen Schuller

Document Summary

Theo hobson the guardian during 2010 world cup. We feel that we are participating in something huge and communal . So in our culture sport is the only form of ritual that really works on a large scale. It is really capable of conjuring up a sense of social harmony. : considered a beautiful sport. Calabash: 2010 main soccer stadium built. Religious studies, university of cape town: looks at south africa at 1994, rugby world cup. Following georges bataille, argues that 2010 world cup can best be understood as a form of ritual sacrifice: tries to expand definition of religion. Indigenous groups, northwest coast tsimshian, tlingit, kwakwaka"waka: ceremony of fidt giving, only hosted by rich people and tribes, all trying to out due each other by giving stuff away, more given away more status you got. Outlawed by canadian government from late 19th century to 1950s.