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Lisina, E. A.
Modern Science about the Ritual: Research Centers and Publishing Series
// Politics and Society.
2012. ¹ 5.
P. 81-90.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=53911
Lisina, E. A. Modern Science about the Ritual: Research Centers and Publishing SeriesAbstract: The article is devoted to the worldwide ritual studies of last ten years. The most important monographs on the history and theory of ritual, published within the major thematic series, are considered in the article. The monographic series of ritual studies in Carolina Academic Press, of 13 books, have been published over 12 years. The series includes works on the ethnography of rituals in Indonesia, Melanesia, Africa, Bali, New Zealand, China, India, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, the Islamic world, and a wide range of topics. In the Oxford series of monographs ritual in modern times is accented, and its socio-psychological role is emphasized. Ritual studies in Oxford series reach a high theoretical level, the impact of ritual, ritual practice and narrative refl ection are discussed. The author describes every book and briefl y highlights the activities of research centers dealing with the problem of ritual in the past and present. In conclusion author states the following: ritual studies has overcome the stage of collecting the material and fi eld research; current ritual studies form a general theory of ritual as a socio-cultural phenomenon, very meaningful and functional, not only for the primitive and traditional cultures, but also for all of us. Keywords: Ritual, tradition, ritual studies, anthropology, ethnography, publishing series, research centers
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