In this broad-ranging inquiry into ritual and its relation to place, Jonathan Z. Smith prepares the way for a new approach to the comparative study of religion.
Smith stresses the importance of place--in particular, constructed ritual environments--to a proper understanding of the ways in which "empty" actions become rituals. He structures his argument around the territories of the Tjilpa aborigines in Australia and two sites in Jerusalem--the temple envisioned by Ezekiel and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The first of these locales--the focus of one of the more important contemporary theories of religious ritual--allows Smith to raise questions concerning the enterprise of comparison. His close examination of Eliade's influential interpretation of the Tjilpa tradition leads to a powerful critique of the approach to religion, myth, and ritual that begins with cosmology and the category of "The Sacred."
In substance and in method, "To Take Place" represents a significant advance toward a theory of ritual. It is of great value not only to historians of religion and students of ritual, but to all, whether social scientists or humanists, who are concerned with the nature of place.
"This book is extraordinarily stimulating in prompting one to think about the ways in which space, or place, is perceived, marked, and utilized religiously. . . . A provocative example of the application of humanistic geography to our understanding of what "takes place" in religion."--Dale Goldsmith, " Interpretation
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唉，原來我想過的問題不僅被狠狠想過，而且被狠狠批判瞭。
评分薄薄200頁近30刀，值。Smith的書機鋒綿密，methodologically instructive.
评分記得先讀伊利亞德
评分This is a book about how "power" "sneaks into" (or perhaps refines) the scared/profane division (further interpretation of Durkheim), though Smith's investigation is particularly devoted to the importance of "place" in ritual. Kees W. Bolle has a helpful review of this book.
评分This is a book about how "power" "sneaks into" (or perhaps refines) the scared/profane division (further interpretation of Durkheim), though Smith's investigation is particularly devoted to the importance of "place" in ritual. Kees W. Bolle has a helpful review of this book.
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