@St_Rev being treated in a particular way by the group (deferential or reviled) - hanging tree does seem like one http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/baltimore-riots-artist-hangs-lynched-black-dolls-from-tree-in-protest-at-deaths-of-walter-scott-eric-garner-and-michael-brown-10211801.html …
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@St_Rev longer version https://theviewfromhellyes.wordpress.com/2015/03/21/sacred-objects/ … (still working on writing up this thing - fun!)1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing So what makes the sacred object universal? What problem does it solve for the group? Part answer: delineates a border.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing eg the classic shibboleth. A compact way of distinguishing insider from outsider.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing But drawing a border invites a fight. If one is to do so, it is beneficial to draw in a way that makes a winnable fight.1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing So: pick a distinction that puts the outsiders on the back heel. ex: Islam does not and has never had a universal taboo...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing ...on images of Muhammad. But insurgent puritan movements keep recreating that taboo over and over in Islam's history.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing One infers that it's because it intersects usefully with the natural tendencies of Islamic scripture: it *reads* as holy...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing ...both to the puritan insurgents and the compromising mainstream. cf. the Burroughs prose I linked.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing aiui it's also bc Islamic artworks & crafts tend to be thoroughly established & distinctively local traditions2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@schakalsynthetc @St_Rev ah with associated sources of sacredness (gods or otherwise)
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