Matthew Immergut
Biographic Data
| ID | 3685308 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Immergut |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Immergut |
| SIGNATURE | IMMERGUT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purchase College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Realizing Awakened Consciousness: Interviews with Buddhist Teachers and a New Perspective on the Mind
Visualising charisma: Representations of the charismatic touch
Although sociologists regard charisma as a social construct, few studies look at the explicit interactions that create and maintain this type of authority. This article examines one specific, but ubiquitous social interaction between leader and follower – the charismatic touch. The charismatic touch is a semi-formal interaction in which leader and followers exchange mutual recognition through verbal, visual and physical touch. Through touching ea…
A Sociology of No-Self: Applying Buddhist Social Theory to Symbolic Interaction
Although fraught with complexity, the self is a central phenomenon of discussion and analysis within sociology. This article contributes to this discourse by introducing the Buddhist ideas ofanatta(no-self) andprattyasamutpāda(interdependence) as analytic frameworks to deconstruct and rethink the self within sociology. We argue that the sociological self, most clearly articulated by symbolic interactionism, is premised on a self-other dualism. Th…
Death at Diamond Mountain
For the past five years, I have engaged in fieldwork and filming a documentary about Diamond Mountain, a community of Western converts to Tibetan Buddhism in southern Arizona under the leadership of Geshe Michael Roach and Lama Christie McNally. The latter was retreat master and, along with her husband Ian Thorson, in the middle of guiding forty students through a three-year, three-month, three-day silent meditation retreat. But when McNally stab…
When Nature is Rats and Roaches: Religious Eco-Justice Activism in Newark, NJ
In this article, we set the religious landscape of Newark within the physical environment of Newark, an environment often more suitable for rats and roaches than evocative of the goodness and beauty of ‘God’s creation’. We speci?cally examine a range of strategies and campaigns by religious actors, and their non-religious partners, to ?ght the overwhelming toxicity and neglect of one neighborhood in the city—the Ironbound. We also consider some o…
Adamah (Earth): Searching for and Constructing a Jewish Relationship to Nature
This article examines the Adamah (Earth) Fellowship, a multi-denominational Jewish, sustainable and organic farming program in Northwestern Connecticut. Using a micro-sociological framework, I present an analysis of how this group of young Jews is attempting to use religious language, text and ritual to create a meaningful relationship to nature. In this effort, individuals are self-reflective, picking, choosing and trying on various religious re…
A Sociology of No-Self: Applying Buddhist Social Theory to Symbolic Interaction
Although fraught with complexity, the self is a central phenomenon of discussion and analysis within sociology. This article contributes to this discourse by introducing the Buddhist ideas ofanatta(no-self) andprattyasamutpāda(interdependence) as analytic frameworks to deconstruct and rethink the self within sociology. We argue that the sociological self, most clearly articulated by symbolic interactionism, is premised on a self-other dualism. Th…
Adamah (Earth): Searching for and Constructing a Jewish Relationship to Nature
This article examines the Adamah (Earth) Fellowship, a multi-denominational Jewish, sustainable and organic farming program in Northwestern Connecticut. Using a micro-sociological framework, I present an analysis of how this group of young Jews is attempting to use religious language, text and ritual to create a meaningful relationship to nature. In this effort, individuals are self-reflective, picking, choosing and trying on various religious re…
When Nature is Rats and Roaches: Religious Eco-Justice Activism in Newark, NJ
In this article, we set the religious landscape of Newark within the physical environment of Newark, an environment often more suitable for rats and roaches than evocative of the goodness and beauty of ‘God’s creation’. We speci?cally examine a range of strategies and campaigns by religious actors, and their non-religious partners, to ?ght the overwhelming toxicity and neglect of one neighborhood in the city—the Ironbound. We also consider some o…
Death at Diamond Mountain
For the past five years, I have engaged in fieldwork and filming a documentary about Diamond Mountain, a community of Western converts to Tibetan Buddhism in southern Arizona under the leadership of Geshe Michael Roach and Lama Christie McNally. The latter was retreat master and, along with her husband Ian Thorson, in the middle of guiding forty students through a three-year, three-month, three-day silent meditation retreat. But when McNally stab…
Visualising charisma: Representations of the charismatic touch
Although sociologists regard charisma as a social construct, few studies look at the explicit interactions that create and maintain this type of authority. This article examines one specific, but ubiquitous social interaction between leader and follower – the charismatic touch. The charismatic touch is a semi-formal interaction in which leader and followers exchange mutual recognition through verbal, visual and physical touch. Through touching ea…
A Sociology of No-Self: Applying Buddhist Social Theory to Symbolic Interaction
Although fraught with complexity, the self is a central phenomenon of discussion and analysis within sociology. This article contributes to this discourse by introducing the Buddhist ideas ofanatta(no-self) andprattyasamutpāda(interdependence) as analytic frameworks to deconstruct and rethink the self within sociology. We argue that the sociological self, most clearly articulated by symbolic interactionism, is premised on a self-other dualism. Th…
Realizing Awakened Consciousness: Interviews with Buddhist Teachers and a New Perspective on the Mind
Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Buddhism (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works)