RELIGST 3AR3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Collective Memory, Cultural Globalization, Neoliberalism
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16 Dec 2016
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Chapter 6
Previously:
- What’s religio .1
- How do anthropologists study religion c.2
- What materials do anthropologists look at c. 3
- How does religion construct time and place c.4
- What is the nature of religious authority c. 5
TODAY: What is the relationship between globalization and religion?
I. Definitions: globalization, sacroscapes
II. Religion is diaspora
III. Transnational religions
I. Definitions: globalization, sacroscapes
Globalization:
- Neoliberalism
o A form of global capitalism that favors free market exchange, decreased trade
regulations, and increases privatization if industry and services (Bielo 137).
- Cultural globalization – ex., Music, sport and religion
- Transnational = bi-directional flows
- Economic calculations a universal standard for the organization, management, and government
of human life and conduct
- People the thik, Is this religio good for e, ad is this religio profitale for e.
- It almost is like that there is demand for people to follow a certain religions: Pentecostal religion
has expanded in the global south because of a certain demand. Economic crisis in the neoliberal
world found Pentecostal traditions attractive
- Globalizatio, ot’d
- Five common emphases across definitions:
1. Everyday life- it’s there through everyday life
2. Flows – circulation and movement through modern world (and ancient ones)
3. Compression (time and space) – making things move faster and distances shorter
4. Connectedness – through the above, we are instantly connected, and often by religion
symbols.
5. Power – can create power; leadership and trade deals. Can also limit many people.
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