The place of religion in the social structure of two English industrial towns (Rawmarsh, Yorkshire and Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire)

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A Prece Revisitada: comemorando a obra inacabada de Marcel Mauss

Passado um século, será que a definição de prece que Marcel Mauss nos ofereceu lança ainda sugestões analíticas válidas? Para ele, a questão central era compreender a passagem da fala à imposição: isto é, por que respondem os deuses? Parece-nos que, seguindo alguns autores contemporâneos, tanto na área da filosofia como da comunicação animal, é possível avançar um pouco mais na via aberta que o grande sociólogo nos deixou no dia em que desistiu do que todos à época esperavam ser sua obra mestra.<br>One hundred years later, does Marcel Mauss's definition of prayer still provide us with useful analytical suggestions? In his opinion, the central question to answer was how does one pass from speaking to demanding: that is, why do the gods respond? In this paper, inspired by contemporary debates in philosophy and animal communication, we propose that it is possible today to advance a little further in the door left open by the father of sociology when he finally decided to give up on the work that his contemporaries hoped would be his greatest