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      Ritual in Industrial Society
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      Ritual in Industrial Society

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      A Sociological Analysis of Ritualism in Modern England

      Ritual in Industrial Society

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      Ritual in Industrial Society book

      A Sociological Analysis of Ritualism in Modern England
      ByRobert Bocock
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 1974
      eBook Published 7 February 2020
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003004615
      Pages 234
      eBook ISBN 9781003004615
      Subjects Behavioral Sciences, Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Health and Social Care, Humanities, Politics & International Relations, Social Sciences
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      Bocock, R. (1974). Ritual in Industrial Society: A Sociological Analysis of Ritualism in Modern England (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003004615

      ABSTRACT

      Originally published in 1974, Ritual in Industrial Society is based on several years’ research including interviews and observations into the importance of ritual in industrial society within modern Britain. The book addresses how identity and meaning for people of all occupations and social classes can be derived through rituals and provides an expansive and diverse examination of how rituals are used in society, including in birth, marriage and death. The book offers an examination into the use of symbolic action in the body to articulate experiences which words cannot adequately handle and suggests that this enables modern men and women to overcome the mind-body splits which characterise modern technological society. In addition to this, the book examines ritual as a tool for articulating and sharing religious experiences, a point often overlooked by more intellectual approaches to religion in sociology. In addition to this, the book covers an exploration into ritual in social groups and how this is used to develop a sense of belonging among members. The book will be of interest to sociologists as well as academics of religion and theology, social workers and psychotherapists.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |3 pages

      Introduction

      chapter Chapter One|16 pages

      ‘Man Shall Not Live By Bread Alone’

      chapter Chapter Two|25 pages

      Towards a Sociology of Ritual Action

      chapter Chapter Three|13 pages

      Ritual: Civic and Religious

      chapter Chapter Four|25 pages

      Religious Ritual in the Church of England

      chapter Chapter Five|20 pages

      Nationalism and Civic Ritual

      chapter Chapter Six|29 pages

      Life-cycle Rituals

      chapter Chapter Seven|24 pages

      Aesthetic Ritual

      chapter Chapter Eight|18 pages

      Ritual, Social Change and Counter-Culture

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