The theory of frames as a method for contemporary religious studies. The interreligious frame and an issue of social recognition of the Muslims in non-Muslim societies
https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2021-4-70-82
Abstract
The article considers the socio-psychological aspect of Goffman’s frame analysis concerning the religious field in the process of everyday interaction. Such a methodological approach helps to imagine the process of inclusion of the Muslims in non-Muslim societies and their social recognition in a new way. By using the theory of frames, one can consider how different people recognize and evaluate religion in the process of everyday interaction. The article focuses on the division of religious, interreligious, civilizational, and ethnocultural frames. In addition, it takes into account the different levels of interaction in society: personal, group, public. The change of the frame depends on the level at which the interaction takes place, so that, in different situations, some frames may come to the forefront pushing others to the background. The study of the blurring of borders and the transition from one frame to another is of certain importance: what is evident in the context of the interreligious frame, in the case of the process of inclusion of Muslims in Western European societies. The interreligious frame intersects with the religious and civilizational one. The alike mixing of frames in the process of recognizing the situation of everyday interaction makes the issues that arise difficult to solve. The emphasis is placed on the fact that “religious” frames are often recognized through an ethnocultural frame, complicating the search questions (for example, religious questions are mixed with questions related to xenophobia).
About the Author
M. N. Krasilnikova
HSE University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Maria N. Krasilnikova
bld. 11, Pokrovsky Blv., Moscow, 109028
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Krasilnikova M.N. The theory of frames as a method for contemporary religious studies. The interreligious frame and an issue of social recognition of the Muslims in non-Muslim societies. Studia Religiosa Rossica: Russian Journal of Religion. 2021;(4):70-82. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2021-4-70-82
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