RLG200H1 Lecture Notes - Neurosis, Eurocentrism, Pop Quiz
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Religion as culture turning points in religious studies class 7. Of religion: symbols, individual belief, moods and motivation, what does asad" take issue with in geertz"s def. Or religion: religion in europe has changed and evolved so much, geertz is the last reprecentice of the biast eurocentric view of the world. Asad and geertz are both anthropologist who study human culture and living communities. Qualitative research go to the community and involve yourself with them. Learn cultural literacy to understand how the community live their lives. Geertz says (reading of the slide): religion is a serious of symbols: essentially geertz is an old school thinker where the group and social dynamic are initially rationalized in terms of rational beliefs based on religion. Not just talking about belief, or neurosis (freud), or false consciousness (marx) but emotions! Things that are internal and religion brings out the internal emotional world.
