Satanism: performing alterity and othering

Harvey, Graham (2002). Satanism: performing alterity and othering. Syzygy: Journal of Alternative Religion and Culture, 11 pp. 53–68.

URL: http://www.grahamharvey.org/publications.htm

Abstract

Discusses contemporary Satanism as a movement of elected and performaned alterity (or the attempt at it) rooted in Western esotericism and popular culture. Opposition to Satanism is usually opposition to different (perceived) movements and exemplifies "othering" of imagined opponents.

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• Item ORO ID
• 9646
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 0143-1064
• Extra Information
• Special Issue on Satanism, guest edited by Jesper A. Petersen
• Keywords
• Satanism; alterity; othering
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Religious Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
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• Graham Harvey