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asceticism: a standalone construct

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asceticism1 CONSTRUCTAsceticismVALANTASIS · RELIGIOUS STUDIES

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performances of self-discipline intended to create a new subjectivity, new social relations and an alternative symbolic world.

In religious studies, asceticism refers to performances of self-discipline intended to create a new subjectivity, new social relations and an alternative symbolic world. This meaning comes from Valantasis (1995) in Journal of the American Academy of Religion.[1]

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  1. Valantasis, R. (1995). Constructions of Power in Asceticism. Journal of the American Academy of Religion, LXIII(4), 775-822. https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lxiii.4.775

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