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Ecologizing the Self in Contemporary Ritual Practices
Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, The Study of Religions.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2335-0471
2025 (English)In: Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, ISSN 1749-4907, E-ISSN 1749-4915, Vol. 19, no 3, p. 348-365Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Ritual practices have evolved over the last few decades whose purposes range between—and interconnect—personal wellbeing and ecological activism. They frame and elevate nature, setting it aside as a sacred sphere separate from that of human culture. But they also strive towards an open and interconnected selfhood consistent with what in ecosophy and deep ecology is understood as an ecological self, wherein such boundaries are dissolved. I approach this ecological self not as a homeostatic condition but as a dynamic process in which ritual practices can play an important part. I use this term in conjunction with ecologization, which Bruno Latour defined as a tendency toward interconnectedness and openness. I find that, as the rituals both draw and dissolve boundaries, they may contribute to a more open and interconnected selfhood. But there are also difficulties in overcoming the nature-culture dichotomy embedded in language and mainstream Western cultures.

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Equinox Publishing, 2025. Vol. 19, no 3, p. 348-365
Keywords [en]
nature connection, ecologization, modernization, compartmentalization, de-compartmentalization, ecological self, ethical autopoiesis
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Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-57209DOI: 10.1558/jsrnc.26350ISI: 001485397400006Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105004172578OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-57209DiVA, id: diva2:1958731
Available from: 2025-05-16 Created: 2025-05-16 Last updated: 2025-10-07Bibliographically approved

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