Il rituale e il sacro. Riflessioni per l’antropologia della formazione dell’ideale

(Rituals and the Sacred: Reflections on the Anthropology of the Formation of Ideals - Italian translation from the German by Eloisa Perone)

Abstract

When the two oppositional pairs sacred/profane and religious/profane are not mixed up, then an anthropological (and not merely religious) analysis of rituals becomes possible. The essay carries out such a detailed analysis and examines the subsequent developments from Durkheim to Habermas. From this one can derive meaningful elements for understanding the formation of ideals and, more generally, the relation between ordinary life and life-transcending experiences.