Paradigms, Poetics and Politics of Conversion by Jan Bremmer
Paradigms, Poetics and Politics of Conversion by Jan Bremmer
English | July 2006 | ISBN: 9042917547 | 239 Pages | PDF | 12 MB
English | July 2006 | ISBN: 9042917547 | 239 Pages | PDF | 12 MB
In the terms of Durheimian sociology, conversion is a "fait social". Although they are rarely treated as a cultural phenomenon, conversions can obviously be examined for the norms, values and presuppositions of the cultures in which they take place. Thus conversion can help us to shed light on a particular culture.