ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Clifford Geertz, Abrahamic Religions, Idolatry
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A link beyond reality (to the real), culture and society. The goal is not to judge or to establish truth or falsehood. Recognize nature and role of a religion in its culture and society context. Discover what religion" might mean as a general characteristic of human society. Religion is a matter of arbitrary definition. None of the following exists in all religions: Dogma (principles that are authorized as true) Natural history (origin and evolution of nature) Religion is about the relationship between reality and something beyond it. Different religions may be seen as different imaginative and symbolic. Aiming to re-link with the real in their own way. Probably everything we call religion" is about re-linking with the real, but not everything is about re-linking with the real would necessarily be called religion". A major concern in abrahamic religions especially. Superstition aims to obtain favourable results from the sacred phere (from outside lacanian reality".
