Indicating Commitment
The Notion of Dépense in the Study of Religion and Ritual
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2404598 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank Neubert (0000-0002-9177-7733, University of Lucerne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 306-320 |
| Publication date | 2008-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Classical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-795X • E-ISSN: 1741-2897 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1468795x08088876 |
| OpenAlex | W4302176457 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
By analysing two cases from the recent history of Vaishnavism (a temple festival in Vrindavan; the development of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, or ISKCON), this paper shows that the notion of dépense as developed by Marcel Mauss, Robert Hertz and Georges Bataille can be applied as an analytical tool in the study of rituals and religion as an indicator of religious commitment. At the same time it is possible to show that, by constructing a kind of macro-economic theory that includes religious behaviour, recent theories of religious economics are part of, and reproduce, a modern discourse of rationality that rules out, rather than understands, forms of irrationality such as unproductive expenditure ( dépense
Consciousness · Epistemology · Irrationality · Macro · Rationality · Sociology · Subjectification · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Social Psychology · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2016 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |