Étude sommaire de la représentation du temps dans la religion et la magie

Advances in Sequence Analysis: Theory, Method, Applications

“…This is a classical result from the sociology of time pioneered by Hubert. Using his research on the links between time, magic, and religion, Hubert showed that the calendar is underpinned not by a quantitative time, but rather a qualitative time made of discontinuous and heterogeneous episodes (Hubert 1905). The linearity of calendars and clocks in no way implies that time is linear.…”

“…"The institution of calendars is not intended solely, and probably not even primarily, to measure time as a quantity. It does not derive from the idea of a purely quantitative time, but rather the idea of a qualitative time that is made of discontinuous and heterogeneous parts and that constantly turns on itself" (Hubert 1905). Calendars crystallize and stabilize collective rhythms and activities: "Units of time are not units of measurement but of a rhythm where oscillation between alternatives periodically leads back to the similar" (Hubert 1905).…”

Telling the Life of Saint Anthony in Lisbon. Actors, Performances and Effects of Contemporary Hagiographic Discourse

“…D'un côté, l'anthropologie et la sociologie des religions ont très tôt mis en avant la question de la transmission des valeurs et des pratiques religieuses. Depuis l'échelle collective jusqu'au niveau de l'individu, les conditions d'apprentissage et de transfert entre générations mobilisent des concepts comme celui de mémoire et d'identité collectives (Halbwachs, 1950 ;Assmann, 2006), de temps et de cycle (Van Gennep, 1998Hubert, 1904) ou de transmission et d'éducation (Hérault, 1997 ;Berliner et Sarró, 2007). D'un autre côté, l'institution du patrimoine culturel comme image et idéal collectif repose sur des principes de passage entre générations à travers des dispositifs comme le monument, le musée, la visite guidée ou l'éducation formelle au patrimoine (Poulot, 2006 ;Smith, 2006).…”

Social Time, Fact or Fiction? Several Considerations on the Topic

“…Durkheim's pupils Henri Hubert and Marcel Mauss were greatly influenced by this philosophy, while there was a substantial shift in the meaning, because in their approach the concept of durée does not help in the description of internal time experience, but in the expression of the qualitative nature of the social flow of time. Hubert and Mauss, who dealt with the problem of time in religion and magic [Hubert, Mauss 1929(1905], note that this time consists of elements that are not identical. It is discontinuous time, which does not flow evenly, but has "stops" in its flowthe critical data that interrupt its continuity.…”