Date of Award
Summer 7-15-2011
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Religious Studies
First Advisor
Molly Bassett
Second Advisor
Vincent Lloyd
Third Advisor
Timothy Renick
Abstract
This project exposes the problems with the dominant conception of agency in secular liberal discourse. The main critique is that the dominant conception of agency tends to attribute value to certain aspects of action that are not necessarily the most telling or valuable in terms of what constitutes agency. I use Saba Mahmood’s Politics of Piety to aid in this critique. Her project uses the Muslim rituals performed by women of the mosque movement in Egypt to demonstrate the need for a more nuanced conception of agency in academics. I use CLR James’ Beyond a Boundary to support the approach offered by Mahmood and demonstrate the applicability of such an approach outside of typical considerations of “ritual”. In this case, the approach is applied to cricket.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/2102341
Recommended Citation
Harsh, Bethanie, "Redescribing Agency through Sport and Ritual: Considering an Alternative Approach." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2011.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/2102341