Profane
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076526 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher S Grenda (City University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeos1746 |
| OpenAlex | W4317765729 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Veneration is a common practice. Societies across the globe have for millennia chosen select objects and symbols for special reverence or esteem. The impulse to profane those objects – to besmirch or ridicule them – is similarly abiding and broad. As a result, humans have long sought to regulate expression with legal codes defining and punishing unwanted irreverence. Though talk of “blasphemy codes” conjures images of medieval taboos, the penchant to select objects for special recognition and protection has not faded with the advance of modernity. Nor have the resulting ventures in censorship. The current age of human rights, digital technologies, and multicultural sensibilities has renewed anxieties over profane expression and generated legal formulas forbidding unwelcome derision
Aesthetics · Art · Blasphemy · Censorship · Expression (computer science · Freedom of expression · Globe · Human rights · Modernity · Multiculturalism · Political science · Reverence · Sociology · Veneration · Computer Science · History · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |