Virtuosity, Charisma and Social Order
A Comparative Sociological Study of Monasticism in Theravada Buddhism and Medieval Catholicism
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- Author: Ilana Friedrich Silber
- Date Published: October 2005
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521021371
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This book is a comparative macrosociological study of the interaction between religious virtuosi and society in two civilizations: traditional Theravada Buddhism and Medieval Catholicism. Merging Weberian sociology with the Maussian tradition of gift-analysis, and criticizing the neglect of meaning in current comparative historical sociology, the author also argues the need for a multidimensional approach capable of addressing the part played by religious orientations in shaping the institutional strength and ideological power of religious elites in the historical framework of the Great Traditions.
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- Date Published: October 2005
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521021371
- length: 264 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.402kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
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.
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