From Religion to Ordering Uncertainty: A Lesson from Dancers

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
From Religion to Ordering Uncertainty: A Lesson from Dancers
Original language description
This chapter is based on an ethnography of dance improvisation. It analyses instances of handling unpredictability and fragility in ordinary life. It shows that such situations are common and that people are well-skilled in dealing with them without recourse to the idea of a clearly defined order. While the imperatives of modernity seem to lead to a preference for clear orders and calculable means, people in ordinary practice handle disorders arising from unpredictability and complexity by developing and mixing strategies which acknowledge the lack of order. It seems that no practical distinction arises between modern and non-modern people in this case. Furthermore, due to the human tendency to mix various “rational” and “irrational” strategies to overcome unpredictable and fragile situations, the theoretical notion of separated spheres of “secular” and “religious” also loses any practical relevance.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name
The Relational Dynamics of Enchantment and Sacralization: Changing the Terms of the Religion Versus Secularity Debate
ISBN
9781781794746
Number of pages of the result
24
Pages from-to
207-230
Number of pages of the book
320
Publisher name
Equinox
Place of publication
Sheffiled
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