Cultural Trauma and Religious Identity
Cultural Trauma and Religious Identity
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文化创伤与宗教认同
DOI:
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935420.013.001
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发表时间:
2014
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B. Giesen
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B. Giesen
Based on Niklas Luhmann’s argument, religion may be viewed as any communication governed by the distinction between immanence and transcendence. While some societies dispose of a religious foundation, others reject a presupposition of their unity with other societies that accounts for meaningful intersocietal communications. These presuppositions, despite the certainty with which they are held, are difficult to describe and can hardly be discarded with cultural discourse. This essay explores the notion of cultural trauma and its relation to religious identity. It first explains the concept of collective identity and how it differs from individual identity. It then turns to a discussion of triumphant heroism and the revolutionary origin of the demos. It also examines the liminality of the tragically failing hero, along with the collective identity and liminality of victims in contrast to that of heroes and perpetrators. The essay concludes with a discussion of the contemporary shift from triumphant to traumatic foundations of collective memory, as reflected in rituals and monuments.