Evil, Cosmological Capture, and Magical Disorder in Cyprus

IF 1 3区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Social Analysis Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI:10.3167/sa.2023.670102

T. Kyriakides

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Abstract

The magical idiom of evil occupies an important position in numerous Christian societies. Cosmological capture refers to a historicized process through which Christian narratives and institutions attempt to integrate evil into dualist and oppositional cosmological schemas. This article begins by addressing the way that biblical stories of defeated magicians contribute to modern dynamics of cosmological capture. It then proceeds to address the role of evil in Cypriot society through narratives and descriptions of everyday rituals and events. As these narratives and rituals show, capture remains incomplete, and as evil extends beyond the limits of dualist categorization, the result is a situation of ‘magical disorder’: a cosmological arrangement in which evil manifests as an indifferent and inhuman force, which nevertheless conditions everyday experience and social relations.

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邪恶、宇宙捕获和塞浦路斯的魔法混乱

邪恶的神奇成语在许多基督教社会中占有重要地位。宇宙学捕获指的是一个历史化的过程，通过这个过程，基督教的叙事和机构试图将邪恶整合到二元和对立的宇宙学图式中。这篇文章首先阐述了圣经中被击败的魔术师的故事对现代宇宙捕获动力学的贡献。然后通过对日常仪式和事件的叙述和描述，阐述了邪恶在塞浦路斯社会中的作用。正如这些叙述和仪式所显示的那样，捕获仍然是不完整的，当邪恶超越二元论分类的界限时，结果是一种“神奇的混乱”的情况:在一种宇宙安排中，邪恶表现为一种冷漠和不人道的力量，尽管如此，它仍然制约着日常经验和社会关系。

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Social Analysis ANTHROPOLOGY-

CiteScore

2.20

自引率

7.10%

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审稿时长

16 weeks

期刊介绍： Social Analysis is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to exploring the analytical potentials of anthropological research. It encourages contributions grounded in original empirical research that critically probe established paradigms of social and cultural analysis. The journal expresses the best that anthropology has to offer by exploring in original ways the relationship between ethnographic materials and theoretical insight. By forging creative and critical engagements with cultural, political, and social processes, it also opens new avenues of communication between anthropology and the humanities as well as other social sciences. The journal publishes four issues per year, including regular Special Issues on particular themes. The Editors welcome individual articles that focus on diverse topics and regions, reflect varied theoretical approaches and methods, and aim to appeal widely within anthropology and beyond. Proposals for Special Issues are selected by the Editorial Board through an annual competitive call.