Virtuosity, Charisma and Social Order - A Comparative Sociological Study of Monasticism in Theravada

Zusammenfassung This book is a comparative study of the interaction between monasticism and society in Theravada Buddhism and Medieval Catholicism. It investigates the forces that shaped the ideological power of religious elites in the historical framework of the Great Traditions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Virtuosi and Society: Elements of Macrosociological Approach: 1. The Weberian legacy; 2. Monasticism and social order: a multidimensional perspective: Part II. Virtuosi asnd Society in Theravada Buddhism: 3. Ideological groundings: hierarchy and ritualized exchange; 4. Virtuosity institutionalized; The Sangha in Social Context; 5. Virtuoso radicalism: the triumph of a syndrome; Part III. Virtuosi and Society in Medieval Catholicism: 6. Ideological groundings: plurality and conditional exchange; 7. Virtuosity institutionalized: monasticism in social context; 8. Virtuoso radicalism: a self-defeating triumph; Part IV. Virtuosity, Charisma and Social Order: 9. Virtuosity and the virtuoso-society syndrome; 10. The virtuoso syndrome in comparative historical perspective; Conclusion.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ilana Friedrich-Silber, Ilana Friedrich Silber, Silber Ilana Friedrich
• Con la collaborazione di: Jeffrey C. Alexander (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.10.2005
• EAN: 9780521021371
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02137-1
• Pagine: 264
• Serie: Cambridge Cultural Social Stud; Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; RELIGION / Monasticism, Religious communities and monasticism, Religious communities & monasticism