ANTH 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Social Fact, Mary Douglas, Participant Observation
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Fernea"s guest of the sheik: final scene from pilgrimage to karbala parallels between film"s scenes in karbala and those described by fernea. Chaotic, not orderly, chaos isn"t spurring dissent, but there is an effervescence- getting there any where possible. Man crawling on his arms across the square- and act that raises one"s piety. Festival atmosphere- lights (neon), food and drink; sociality to the event which is part of the pilgrimage. Organized pilgrims in social groups: a durkheimian analysis: the taaziya procession in karbala (pp. 241- taaziya- mourning ceremony, including a procession of young men who ritually flagellate themselves during the shiite commemoration of ashur, the tenth of. Analyze the following passages according to durkheim"s definition of religion and notion of a social fact: Emotions running high in a crowd- durkheim tells you the emotion doesn"t emerge from the individual, but you are swept up in an emotional atmosphere that take hold of you.
