Movimientos cabalistas en el mundo global: entre la tradición y la alta modernidad = Kabalist movements in the global world: between tradition and high modernism

This article deals with the contemporary movements of beliefs whose cornerstone is based on the Kabbalah tradition, considering the transformations they have experienced in our high modernity. We analyze these movements as producing subjects of the current processes of globalization, to the extent t...

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Main Author: Mardero, Lelio Nicolás Guigou
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS) 2014-01-01
Series:Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais
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Online Access:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/civitas/article/view/16500/14080
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Summary:This article deals with the contemporary movements of beliefs whose cornerstone is based on the Kabbalah tradition, considering the transformations they have experienced in our high modernity. We analyze these movements as producing subjects of the current processes of globalization, to the extent that the globalized and interconnected world constitutes one of the main justifications both of their current characteristics and their actions. From this viewpoint the Kabbalist movement Bnei Baruch and its singular journey are analized, considering its relationship with the Kabbalah tradition and its actual staging through the narratives generated in virtual and real spaces
ISSN:1519-6089
1984-7289