Killing dragons: religionisations in the Alps

This article shows how the discursive use of religionisations – the interpretation and positioning of an object in a religious semantic – becomes a central strategy in the evaluation of mountaineering and climbing. Starting with the French Revolution and the consequences of its appropriations of nat...

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Main Author: Atwood, David 1985- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor and Francis Group 2020
In: Culture and religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 72-85
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Alps / Nature / Mountaineering / Sacralization
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AF Geography of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B Alps
B Religious Criticism
B Modernity
B Enlightenment
B Colonialism
B Mountaineering
B Social Identity
B climbing
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