"We have even locked out the very Zeitgeist itself": Fraternal Discourse in Contemporary Norway

This article analyses the discourse employed by Norwegian fraternal organizations, based on Hugh B. Urban’s postulate that secrecy is a strategy for ‘adornment’, i.e. conveying a special status to certain values and beliefs. The discourse is analysed in terms of the fraternities’ idea of reality, id...

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Main Author: Rostad, Aslak (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: equinox 2017
In: International journal for the study of new religions
Year: 2017, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-48
Further subjects:B Knight Templars
B Morality
B Elitism
B Druids
B fraternalism
B Values
B Oddfellows
B freemasonry
B Secrecy
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