Bibliography 2: #BIB32364

Key	BIB32364
Reference type	Thesis
Title	Le cosmopolitisme dans la foi Baha'ie : vers la négociation d'une identité internationale
Author	Désilets, Gabrielle
Year	2009
Date	2009
Place published	Montréal, PQ
Abstract	The contemporary world is marked by the mobility of persons, goods and ideas. In this context, differences collide and coexist. Governments, groups and individuals bring forward diverse strategies in reaction to these new paradigms. We believe religion can offer significant points of reference while providing roots with which individuals and groups anchor themselves in a common time-space. The study of Montreal's Baha'i community, a transnational religious group seen as an old "new religion", sheds light on the articulation of the cosmopolitan ideology found in this religion's message and in its members' discourse. This ideology influences the construction of an international Baha’i identity, which encompasses a sense of belonging to the community, which then extends to a sense of belonging to the world. For the Baha'is, religious identity is favoured over ethnic identity, and community diversity rather than homogeneity is displayed. Members share a common set of collective representations and symbolic repertoire that define their global governance project. They ally institutional and personal devices to recognize every person as a citizen of the world, further advancing the establishment of a Baha’i "global village".
Notes	M.Sc. in anthropology.
Language	French
Keywords	CANADA; QUEBEC; MONTREAL; GLOBALISM
Number of pages	i–ix, 125, x–xxiv
University	Université de Montréal
Degree	M.Sc.
File attachments	internal-pdf://Desilets G-2186949891/Desilets G.pdf

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