
	Politics and Society Reference: Lisina, E. A. Modern Science about the Ritual: Research Centers and Publishing Series // Politics and Society. 2012. № 5. P. 81-90. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=53911 Lisina, E. A. Modern Science about the Ritual: Research Centers and Publishing Series Abstract: The article is devoted to the worldwide ritual studies of last ten years. The most important monographs on the history and theory of ritual, published within the major thematic series, are considered in the article. The monographic series of ritual studies in Carolina Academic Press, of 13 books, have been published over 12 years. The series includes works on the ethnography of rituals in Indonesia, Melanesia, Africa, Bali, New Zealand, China, India, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, the Islamic world, and a wide range of topics. In the Oxford series of monographs ritual in modern times is accented, and its socio-psychological role is emphasized. Ritual studies in Oxford series reach a high theoretical level, the impact of ritual, ritual practice and narrative refl ection are discussed. The author describes every book and briefl y highlights the activities of research centers dealing with the problem of ritual in the past and present. In conclusion author states the following: ritual studies has overcome the stage of collecting the material and fi eld research; current ritual studies form a general theory of ritual as a socio-cultural phenomenon, very meaningful and functional, not only for the primitive and traditional cultures, but also for all of us. Keywords: Ritual, tradition, ritual studies, anthropology, ethnography, publishing series, research centers This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format for reading. Download article This article written in Russian. You can find original text of the article here . References 1. Annotated bibliography of ritual theory, 1966 – 2005 / Ed. by J.Kreinath, M.Stausberg. – BRILL, 2007. – 573 p. 2. Apffel-Marglin F. Subversive Spiritualities: How Rituals Enact the World. – Oxford University Press, 2011. –264 p. 3. Asian Ritual Systems: Syncretisms and Ruptures / Ed. by. Stewart P. J., Strathern A. – Carolina Academic Press, 2007. – 308 p. 4. Beek W. van. The Dancing Dead: Ritual and Religion among the Kapsiki/Higi of North Cameroon and Northeastern Nigeria. – Oxford University Press, 2012. – 384 p. 5. Campbell P. Q. Knowing Body, Moving Min: Ritualizing and Learning at Two Buddhist Centers. – Oxford University Press, 2011. –250 p. 6. Contesting Rituals: Islam and Practices of Identity-Making / Ed. by. Stewart P. J., Strathern A. – Carolina Academic Press, 2005. – 264 p. 7. Embodying Modernity and Post-Modernity: Ritual, Praxis, and Social Change in Melanesia / Ed. by Bamford S. C. – Carolina Academic Press, 2006. – 316 p. 8. Exchange and Sacrifi ce / Ed. by. Stewart P. J., Strathern A. – Carolina Academic Press, 2008. – 294 p. 9. Goody J., Gandah S.W.D.K. The Third Bagre: A Myth Revisited. – Carolina Academic Press, 2003. – 512 p. 10. Højbjerg Ch.K. Resisting State Iconoclasm Among the Loma of Guinea. – Carolina Academic Press, 2007. – 386 p. 11. Lattas A. Dreams, Madness, and Fairy Tales in New Britain. – Carolina Academic Press, 2010. – 394 p. 12. McAllister P. A. Xhosa Beer Drinking Rituals: Power, Practice and Performance in the South African Rural Periphery. – Carolina Academic Press, 2005. – 384 p. 13. Negotiating Rites / Ed. by Hüsken U., Neubert F. – Oxford University Press, USA, 2011. – 312 p. 14. Pedersen L. Ritual and World Change in a Balinese Princedom. – Carolina Academic Press, 2005. – 264 p. 15. Religion, Anthropology, and Cognitive Science / Ed. by: Whitehouse H., Laidlaw J. – Carolina Academic Press, 2007. – 312 p. 16. Religious and Ritual Change: Cosmologies and Histories / Ed. by. Stewart P. J., Strathern A. – Carolina Academic Press, 2009. – 392 p. 17. Ritual / Ed. by. Stewart P. J., Strathern A. – Ashgate, 2010. – 612 p. 18. Ritual, Caste, and Religion in Colonial South India / Ed. by M.Bergunder, H.Frese, U.Schröder. – Halle 2010. – 386 p. 19. Ritual, Media, and Confl ict / Ed. by Grimes R.L., Husken U., Simon U., Venbrux E. – Oxford University Press, 2011. – 320 p. 20. Scott M.W. The Severed Snake: Matrilineages, Making Place, and a Melanesian Christianity in Southeast Solomon Islands – Carolina Academic Press, 2007. – 414 p. 21. Stephenson B. Performing the Reformation: Public Ritual in the City of Luther. – Oxford University Press, 2010. – 248 p. 22. The Problem of Ritual Effi cacy / Ed. by Sax W., Quack J. and Weinhold J. – Oxford University Press, 2009. – 216 p. 23. Valeri V. Fragments from Forests and Libraries / Ed. by Hoskins J. – Carolina Academic Press, 2001. – 432 p

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