The screens of the sacred or the religious imaginary of Television Cover Image

Les écrans du sacré ou l'imaginaire religieux de la Télévision
The screens of the sacred or the religious imaginary of Television

Author(s): Jean-Jacques Wunenburger
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: ESSACHESS
Keywords: Television; sacred; religious; imaginary; hierophany; magic

Summary/Abstract: The success of technical and communicational system of television, for more than fifty years, is probably due to the fact that it succeeded in replacing the religious. We will show that it renews liturgies, rites of possession, shamanism, and even black magic. These analogies are able to make us understand human comportment facing television, so often banalised.

  • Issue Year: IV/2011
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 81-92
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: French