Introducing Levi-Strauss by Boris Wiseman

Author:Boris Wiseman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781785780202
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd

THE AIM OF THE GAME IS TO BRING THE TWO SIDES TOGETHER AND UNITE THEM IN A SINGLE COMMUNITY.

The situation at the beginning of many rituals is one of disjunction between the sacred and the profane, between the spectators and the officiators, between the living and the dead. The aim of the ritual is to overcome this situation and bring about a union of these two classes of individuals.

GAMES, RITUALS AND CLASSIFICATIONS

Rituals are the opposite of games. Games – an activity characteristic of “hot” societies – use structures (the rules of the game) to produce events (victories or defeats). They are fundamentally disjunctive, as their aim is to separate the winner from the loser. Rituals are conjunctive – their aim is to bring together.

The Gahuku-Gama from New Guinea were taught to play football. But the tournaments they devised have a unique twist to them.

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