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International rituals: An analytical framework and its theoretical repertoires

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The performance of ritual and the ritualisation of performance are the two main theoretical repertoires of ritual study in international politics and beyond. However, they also escalate tensions between those who insist on ritual's ability to operate by virtue of participants’ presence and those who believe that global networks of media call for a representational turn, which must tie participants and audiences across borders. Should we fail to understand how these distinct theoretical repertoires interact, it would be difficult to study international ritual, identify its functions, and trace its effects. Anchored in the sociology of ‘social occasions’, this article weaves ritual's patterns, properties, and resources into a coherent analytical framework. The framework enables us to better to grasp how actors move between/within different worlds (ritual and performance) and to what effects. The comparative study of two post-terrorism ritual occasions (the 2011 Rose March in Oslo and the 2015 Republican Marches in France) illustrates the usefulness of this theoretical proposition and its related framework.
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hal-03380826 , version 1 (15-10-2021)

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Stephane J Baele, Thierry Balzacq. International rituals: An analytical framework and its theoretical repertoires. Review of International Studies, 2021, 48 (1), pp.1-23. ⟨10.1017/S0260210521000401⟩. ⟨hal-03380826⟩
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