Dimensions of the identity experience and religious territorialization: analysis of Orthodox Judaism in Argentina

The paper is devoted to the analysis of identity experiences among social actors that belong to the Argentinean section of the Jewish-orthodox movement Habad Lubavitch. In order to reach this objective, the author has constructed a typology of identity experiences dimensions: institutional, communit...

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Autor: Setton, Damián
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Ciencias Sociales y Religión (Online)
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8669650
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/csr/article/view/8669650
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Judaism
Identity
Territory
Orthodoxy
Judaísmo
Identidad
Territorio
Ortodoxia
Judaismo
Identidade
Território
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Sumario:The paper is devoted to the analysis of identity experiences among social actors that belong to the Argentinean section of the Jewish-orthodox movement Habad Lubavitch. In order to reach this objective, the author has constructed a typology of identity experiences dimensions: institutional, communitarian-cultural and spiritual. This typology makes it possible to analyze the making of the religious territory and the relationships between nucleus and peripheries. The paper analyze how identity-making processes are based in centralization and peripherization strategies related with this dimensions. Finally, localization and universalization processes in the identity-making strategies are analyzed.