TÜKÖR ÁLTAL SZÍNRŐL SZÍNRE: AZ (ÖN)AZONOSSÁG (F)ELISMERÉSE
THE RECOGNITION OF (SELF-)IDENTITY

The Blend of Fiction and Reality in Cults

Author(s): Orsolya Rákai
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: otherness; sameness; collective identity; imaginary social;
Summary/Abstract: What is the meaning of "otherness" and "sameness" in a collective identity generated by a cult? How are they connected and how does their dynamics work? The images created by the procedures of a cult function as mirrors rendering the "imaginary social" (Ricoeur), the fictitious mixed with the real, open for social practice. Actually, they interfere with the waves of everyday life. This mirror contributes to the discovery of what is considered to be "true": a kind of symbolical window through which one can scrutinize one's true self.

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