tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710742878979631620.post8822140843551749262..comments2022-07-20T23:45:34.369-04:00Comments on Praxis Habitus - On Race Religion & Culture: Grand Narratives and Imaginary Beings - Religion and American Culture ConferenceGerardo Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04461299713784020487noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710742878979631620.post-54655719717963346692009-06-06T10:48:30.890-04:002009-06-06T10:48:30.890-04:00I agree, Nancy. Interpretive sociology certainly ...I agree, Nancy. Interpretive sociology certainly takes this assumption for granted - yet it appears that among historians this is a bold notion that challenges assumptions about the mechanisms of history. And I think you and I have both seen how theoretical assumptions within sociology can dismiss "gods and ghosts" in favor of other more favored, seemingly more "concrete," phenomena.Gerardo Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461299713784020487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710742878979631620.post-86930617965349742652009-06-06T10:40:40.314-04:002009-06-06T10:40:40.314-04:00How does Orsi's position differ from our own d...How does Orsi's position differ from our own disciplinary notion that "things perceived to be real are real in their consequences"? Or, for that matter, Bellah's call 40 years ago, for "symbolic realism" (which is actually a stronger causal statement -- it's not just the perception, but the symbol itself, that has consequences). Orsi manages to make his argument in such wonderfully provocative and literary ways, but I'm not convinced that his position is all that new.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375751114039349148noreply@blogger.com