Saturday, November 28, 2009
Daniel Mejia Communitas vs. Community
After reading three of Turners books, in my opinion, I' am pretty sure what the main difference is between communitas and community. Let me start by saying that we live in a hierarchical community ever since we were born. In this community individuals are placed high or low according to skill and social value. Community is structured, like in the Egyptian caste system (Pharaohs are up top, peasants down at the bottom.) Communitas in the anti-structured according to Turner. I completely agree with Turner. In communitas, a price and a peasant can look eye to eye. There is not one person who is more "valuable" to the community, everyone is equal. This egalitarian community is developed in the liminal stage where limirars are in the middle of their right of passage.
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