Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Science 2019 (ICSS 2019)

Discourse and Power in Religious Social Practices of the Gowa Highland Society

Authors
St. Junaeda, Najamuddin, Muhammad Firman
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Available Online November 2019.
DOI
10.2991/icss-19.2019.234How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Alms and aqiqah; Religious knowledge; Gowa plateau; Discourse; Power.
Abstract

This paper explains about the discursive practice of religious knowledge of alms and aqiqah in the procession of death which is very commonly practiced by the people of the highland Gowa. This religious knowledge is produced and reproduced through a system of discourse; so that religious knowledge is authoritative and legitimate. Religious knowledge as an authoritative and legitimate discourse produces a mainstream religious rite. The application of authoritative and legitimate religious knowledge as a religious practice of mainstream; marks the operation of the power regime through the practice of the relationship that has developed between the history of knowledge as episteme and discourse. When the power regime manifests in authoritative and legitimate knowledge through discourse; it results in a distinction between the majority and minority religious behavior; followers and not follower burrs; common and unusual in society. In this context; the practice of alms and aqiqah in the procession of death which is considered a "true" religious practice for the highland Gowa people can be explained.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Science 2019 (ICSS 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
November 2019
ISBN
10.2991/icss-19.2019.234
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icss-19.2019.234How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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