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

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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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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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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TY  - CONF
AU  - St. Junaeda
AU  - Najamuddin
AU  - Muhammad Firman
PY  - 2019/11
DA  - 2019/11
TI  - Discourse and Power in Religious Social Practices of the Gowa Highland Society
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Science 2019 (ICSS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 79
EP  - 83
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/icss-19.2019.234
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