Keeping It Real!: Constructing and Maintaining Traditional Authenticity in a Tibetan Buddhist Organisation in Scotland

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 94-105
Author(s):  
John S. McKenzie
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Tibetan Buddhist ◽  
The West ◽  
Reflexive Modernization ◽  
The Social ◽  
Flow Of Information ◽  
Core Features

Many studies on the westward transplantation of Buddhism focus on the retention of traditional authenticity. The sociological perspective provided here moves the emphasis to the social construction of such claims. The social construction of traditional authenticity will be explored through a study of the Tibetan Buddhist organisation, Rokpa Scotland (RS) and it will be demonstrated that RS constructs claims to traditional authenticity by adapting to the local culture whilst demonstrating links with an ancient practice. These claims are then reified by limiting adaptations and retaining core features associated with Buddhism. None the less adapting to the West can be seen as detraditionalization and can present a threat to claims to traditional authenticity. However, RS can claim to control the detraditionalization process by responding to the effects of reflexive modernization and controlling the flow of information. In controlling detraditionalization RS provides the plausibility structures to maintain claims to traditional authenticity.

scholarly journals The Social Construction of Historical Traumas: The Polish Experience of the Uses of History in an Intelligentsia-dominated Polity

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 911-931
Author(s):  
Tomasz Zarycki ◽  
Tomasz Warczok
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
The West ◽  
Specific Nature ◽  
Polish Experience ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Identity ◽  
And Control

The article argues that Poland’s mainstream national historical narrative, at least as far as the last two centuries of history of the country is concerned, is full of ‘traumatic’ motives which are regularly used and developed in diverse current political and intellectual contexts. Polish history is imagined to a large extent as an endless chain of 200 years of suffering, caused, among other things, by occupations, wars and exploitation, which are usually seen as not fully recognized in other countries, in particular in the West. The article attempts first of all to explain this specific nature of Poland’s historical identity by the privileged role of the intelligentsia, understood as a specific type of elite based on possession and control of cultural capital. It reconstructs the historical rise of the intelligentsia and its impact on the mainstream narrative in question, pointing to a selective choice of potential ‘traumas’ which are assigned a national status. They may be seen as tools to build positions in what can be called the Polish ‘field of power’, to use the notion coined by Pierre Bourdieu. The particular configuration and recent history of the field of power in Poland is reconstructed in order to explain different strategies of what can be called the social and political construction of historical traumas in Poland.

scholarly journals Telaah Tematik dan Kontekstual Terhadap Hadis-hadis tentang Interaksi Islam dan Yahudi

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Muhammad Tasrif
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Potential Change ◽  
Negative Perception ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rapid Flow ◽  
Contextual Study ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Flow Of Information ◽  
The Relationship

In the era of globalization—characterized by a rapid flow of information, people, and goods with no limits—the issue of multiculturalism has been to be a challenge to Muslims. Intercul­tural meeting is something unavoidable. In this respect, the issue of the relation of Islam and Judaism is to be a crucial one. Among Muslims, the relationship has been colored by negative perception especially if it is justified by the verses of the Koran and the hadith of the Prophet. Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) is among the Mus­lim groups that have a negative perception of the relationship. This study examines the traditions of the Prophet pertaining the relation­ship of Muslims and Jews thematically and contextually, especially the social construction of HTI Ponorogo on these traditions. The­matic and contextual study of the traditions of the relationship of Muslims and Jews shows that the Prophet’s attitude toward Jews, or vice versa, varies from negative to positive, appreciative. This evidence suggests that such attitude, especially negative one, is not a permanent attitude. Instead, these attitudes had been temporar­ily and conditionally formed. Thus, based on the traditions of the Prophet, a negative permanent attitude toward Jews is not theologi­cally justified. Meanwhile, the examination of the social construc­tion of Ponorogo branch of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia shows various theological types: rigid-textualist and soft-textualist. The first group see the hadiths of the relation of Islam and Judaism as a source of Sharia which should be implemented in a fixed manner. The second group have the attitude that is consistent with the first group, by giv­ing a space for a potential change of the teaching due to the changes of circumstances.

scholarly journals The Pragmatics Model of Bhur'maen “Beggar” Madura in Social Construction Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1464-1476
Author(s):  
Fajar Surahman ◽  
Ishomuddin Ishomuddin ◽  
Tri Sulistyaningsih ◽  
Rinikso Kartono
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Cultural Construction ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Entity ◽  
Legitimacy Beliefs ◽  
Research Show

Bhur'maen is a social entity in Madurese terminology that is pinned on certain people or forms of society that are accustomed to begging for daily activities in the form of harvests or money whose modus operandi is to visit people's homes. This study aims to understand by describing the phenomenon of social problems in the context of the habits of the bhur’maens in Madura which have been carried on for generations (regeneration), thereby popping the pragmatic model of the bhur’maen community in the perspective of social construction. The analytical approach used is a qualitative approach. In the interest of this research the research paradigm rests on the paradigm of social definition by using the dialectical model of Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann's Social Construction as a theoretical foundation for a sociological perspective, which focuses on the social construction of society towards the reality of bhurmaens in the Tlanakan area of Pamekasan Madura which is stigmatized as a sub-district of bhurmaen . Data collection is done by observation, interview, documentation and focus group discussion (FGD) techniques. The results and in-depth discussion in the research show: First, that the socio-cultural construction of bhur'maen is formed based on the knowledge and experiences of individuals and or actors in understanding the reality of bhur'maens in Madura. Secondly, that the bhur’maen socio-cultural construction is formed based on the values that are held by individuals and or actors in understanding the reality of bhur’maens in Madura. Third, that the socio-cultural construction of bhur'maen is formed based on the recognition (legitimacy), beliefs and beliefs of individuals and / or actors in understanding the reality of bhur’maen in Madura.

scholarly journals Urban spatiality in the context of (homo/hetero)sexuality: Introduction to a theoretical debate in geographies of sexualities

Geografie ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Pitoňák
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
General Knowledge ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
The West ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social

The relevance and importance of sexualities as a geographical issue is yet to be recognized in Czechia, wherefore the main purpose of this article is to give spark to momentum to Czech geographies of sexualities. Consecutively, understandings of the issue produced from outside of the ‘West’ may contribute to our general knowledge about diverse spatialities of sexualities. For the sake of coherence, I narrow my discussion to urban geographies of sexualities and their various epistemologies. I begin with presenting evidence which suggests that sexualities have already been considered to be an important geographical subject in most Anglophone countries over the past 20 years. For this reason, the article is focused mostly on an Anglo-Saxon literature review figuring sexualities as being either social relations, axis of difference, social identities or categories not less important than gender, race and social class. I highlight the importance of discourse and its role in the social construction of sexualities. Finally, I provide a possible course for the study and production of geographies of sexualities in Czechia.

scholarly journals Social Construction of the Sacrament of Orders

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 290
Author(s):  
Anthony J. Pogorelc
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
The West ◽  
The Social ◽  
Leadership Structure ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Church

All institutions are the product of human activity. This article will consider how the development of the Sacrament of Orders is embedded in the social construction of the church as an institution, with a leadership structure and a system of symbols and rituals. Drawing on the perspectives of sociologists, theologians and social constructionists, it will focus on churches of the West with more highly developed liturgical traditions, examining the history of how this sacrament, and the clergy roles and lifestyle it initiates, has been constructed and reconstructed in response to the social forces that have influenced the church from its origins to the current day.

Post-Christian, Post-Christendom, and Post-Modern Europe: Towards the Interaction of Missiology and the Social Sciences

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Paas
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
The West ◽  
Christian Mission ◽  
The Social ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Shed Light

AbstractThree concepts are often used in missiological literature relating to the West. These are “post-Christian,” “post-Christendom,” and “post-modern.” Often, they have been used as if they are more or less synonyms without much precision or reflection. By relating them to different strands in social theory around “secularization,” this article suggests how these terms can be defined more precisely. In this way the author intends to stimulate the discussion between missiology and the social sciences within the context of Western Europe. On the basis of a more exact definition of these terms, areas for further research are indicated. As descriptive concepts these “post” labels invite us to explore their interdependence, mirroring the secularization debate within the sociology of religion. As heuristic concepts they raise questions about the social construction of secularized Europe within missiology. Finally, they may shed light on different social spaces for Christian mission in Europe.

The Social Construction of Dementia

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-82
Author(s):  
Alison Wray
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Diagnostic Testing ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
The West ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

This chapter considers how social attitudes and contexts shape interaction with people living with a dementia. These factors are termed ‘soft’ causes of dementia, because they affect people’s experience of the disease but are potentially open to change. Topics covered include the ‘medicalization’ and the commodification of dementia, the limitations of diagnostic testing, the nature of Mild Cognitive Impairment, and social attitudes towards dementia in the West and around the world. A new concept, social reserve, is introduced to capture the roles that culture and society can play in reducing the impact of dementia on people’s day-to-day experience.

The Social Construction of Our Bodies

1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (11) ◽  
pp. 1186-1186
Author(s):  
Garth J. O. Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
The Social
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