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- Title
"We have even locked out the very Zeitgeist itself": Fraternal Discourse in Contemporary Norway.
- Authors
Rostad, Aslak
- Abstract
This article analyses the discourse employed by Norwegian fraternal organizations, based on Hugh B. Urban's postulate that secrecy is a strategy for "adornment," i.e. conveying a special status to certain values and beliefs. The discourse is analyzed in terms of the fraternities' idea of reality, identity, and mission, and claims that these organizations regard themselves as defenders of society's core values which they claim are threatened by moral corruption and decay.
- Subjects
CORRUPTION; LECTURES &; lecturing; FRATERNAL organizations; SOCIAL systems; SOCIOLOGY
- Publication
International Journal for the Study of New Religions, 2017, Vol 8, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
2041-9511
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1558/ijsnr.35577