Fracaso ritual. Una ventana al cambio en la cultura

  1. Cornejo-Valle, Mónica 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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Journal:
AIBR: Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana

ISSN: 1578-9705

Year of publication: 2021

Volume: 16

Issue: 3

Pages: 537-558

Type: Article

DOI: 10.11156/AIBR.160305 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

More publications in: AIBR: Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana

Abstract

Anthropology has paid more attention to ritual efficacy than to rituals whose effects are not as expected or whose results are not welcome, however, “ritual failure” (Geertz, 1957) occurs all the time and is a good indicator of cultural change, both in terms of changing values and the concrete mechanisms of religious innovations (Hüsken, 2007; Koutrafouri and Sanders, 2013). This approach is clarifying when failed cases are the norm rather than the exception, as is the case with Marian apparitions (Christian, 2009). The aim of this article is to propose and explore ritual failure as a research problem and as a theoretical-methodological strategy to account for social and cultural change, suggesting a possible model of analysis for future research. To this end, we begin by describing the case of José, a young visionary who wanted to reform the public worship in his village after receiving a message from the Virgin Mary. Then we will explore issues of broader scope about the heuristic value of failed episodes, the tension between creativity and power in religious innovation, and the possibilities of Austinian pragmatics (Austin, 1978) in the analytical systematization of failed cases.

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