Social life includes a ritual order beyond power and trade.
Evidence
As a result, when we think about society, we are almost always coerced by our traditions into seeing it as a network of power, administration, decision, and control—as a political order. Alternatively, we have seen society essentially as relations of property, produc- tion, and trade—an economic order. But social life is more than power and trade (and it is more than therapy as well). As Williams has argued, it also includes the sharing of aesthetic experience, religious ideas, personal values and sentiments, and intellectual notions—a ritual order. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 223
Categorization
- XREF: Echoes Raymond Williams’ argument and sets up Carey’s ritual view of communication as a third order of social life. — connects to: Order provides structure and security in society. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 198; The ritual view of communication maintains society in time through shared beliefs — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 161; What looks like social grace or etiquette is actually a high-stakes mental ritual. — Erving Goffman on Face‑Work: The Psychology of … (+5 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 223
Broader Connections
- Situation-level symbolic transactions can influence society’s broader reproduction
#corroborates(0.80) - The ritual view of communication maintains society in time through shared beliefs
#corroborates(0.75) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 161 - Culture names the forms, not the content, of social relationships
#expands(0.65) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 882 - Order provides structure and security in society.
#expands(0.60) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 198 - Social and cultural structures overdetermine our natural human constitution.
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