'Power of Mysticism' and 'Mysticism of Power': Understanding the Sociopolitical History of a Neo-hindu Movement
| Autor: | Federico Squarcini |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
060303 religions & theology
Hinduism Sociology and Political Science Movement (music) 05 social sciences Religious studies Potere e religione 06 humanities and the arts economia e politica nei nuovi movimenti religiosi storia delle religioni contemporanee 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Power (social and political) 050903 gender studies Anthropology Charisma Ethnology Sociology 0509 other social sciences Mysticism |
| Zdroj: | Social Compass. 49:343-364 |
| ISSN: | 1461-7404 0037-7686 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0037768602049003003 |
| Popis: | Religious institutions created by the extraordinary efforts of a single founder—like the one examined in this essay—try hard to assure the preservation of charisma, and to guarantee its Weberian “routinization”. But this attempt does not always succeed, and quite often what originally looks like the “power of mysticism”, allowing resolute individual and social transformations, in the gradual collective evolution of a religious field turns to crystallization, stratification, bureaucratization, quickly becoming a “mysticism of power” and losing its former elasticity, dynamism and persuasive capacity. |
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