THE POWER OF SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATION. SIMMEL’S THEORY OF CONFLICT APPLIED TO JUDAISM
THE POWER OF SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATION. SIMMEL’S THEORY OF CONFLICT APPLIED TO JUDAISM
Author(s): Mădălina MăndiţăSubject(s): Anthropology, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Jewish studies, Social Philosophy, Sociology, Theology and Religion, Jewish Thought and Philosophy, History of Judaism, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , History and theory of sociology, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Ediktura Beladi
Keywords: spiritual manifestation; conflict theory; Judaism; identity;
Summary/Abstract: The study analyses the way in which the spiritual manifestation - the Judaism - forms in a very profound way the identity of a community. In this view we discover those key elements that become essential in the sociological understanding of a very troubled history, and we can reach this objective using the conflict theory of Georg Simmel. For this sociology of Judaism through what we can call creative conflict (with positive outcomes) we use the impressive studies of Max Weber and Antonin Causse concerning the ancient Judaism. The research of Judaism by the founding fathers of sociology permits us to read this unique people, contributing also to a right framing to understand present social realities, but also to the discovery of those decisive points that forms the immutable character of Jewish identity.
Journal: Revista Universitară de Sociologie
- Issue Year: XI/2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 18-32
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English