1st Edition
Ritual in Industrial Society A Sociological Analysis of Ritualism in Modern England
By Robert Bocock
Copyright 1974
234 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Preface
Introduction
1. ‘Man Shall Not Live by Bread Alone’
2. Towards a Sociology of Ritual Action
3. Ritual: Civic and Religious
4. Religious Ritual in the Church of England
5. Nationalism and Civic Ritual
6. Life-Cycle Rituals
7. Aesthetic Ritual
8. Ritual, Social Change and Counter-Culture
References
Index
Biography
Robert Bocock
