Ritual suffering lets participants extend themselves as subjects

Evidence

Ritual drama, such as the Passion of Christ or the Martyrdom of Hussain, has an added dimension. Participants here enact, identify with, undergo, the predetermined agony of figures in Christian and Islamic narratives. In subjecting themselves to suffering (in some cases to self-inflicted wounds) they seek in part to extend themselves as subjects. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 378 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Habitual suffering enables interpretive skill and invention beyond immediate need — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 532; Religious and shamanic practices across cultures aim to dissolve the suffering subject; Ritual suffering lets participants extend their selves by undergoing predetermined agony. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular:…, 378 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Ritual suffering lets participants extend their selves by undergoing predetermined agony. #corroborates (0.97) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 378
• Ritual drama extends participants’ subjectivity through self-inflicted suffering. #corroborates (0.96)