Una prospettiva individualizzata sulla religione antica
For antiquity and beyond religion has been seen through its social form and function, be it „polis religion“ or more intimate religious groups and „communities“. My studies on religious deviance have shown that ancient religious practices as well as ancient conceptualisations of religion can go beyo...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Italian |
| Published: |
Salvatore Sciascia Editore
2017-12-01
|
| Series: | Mythos |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/mythos/659 |
| Summary: | For antiquity and beyond religion has been seen through its social form and function, be it „polis religion“ or more intimate religious groups and „communities“. My studies on religious deviance have shown that ancient religious practices as well as ancient conceptualisations of religion can go beyond this. Here, an attempt to situate these findings in a larger framework will be made. On the basis of recent discussion about structure and individual agency in the social sciences I will argue that for many purposes and in particular for observing religious change in antiquity, religion can fruitfully be regarded as a risky form of acting that attributes agency to agents the relevance of whom might be questioned by others present in the situation. Such a perspective is not just addressing individual „religiosity“ at the margins of organized religion (“deviance”), but offering a starting point for a fresh look onto processes of grouping and institutionalization. Also, in such a perspective ancient religion cannot any longer be seen as categorically different from „modern“ supposedly privatized and individualized religion. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1972-2516 2037-7746 |