Institute of Sociology
of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology
of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Katernyi I.V. Reconceptualization of status liminality in the sociological theory



Katernyi I.V. Reconceptualization of status liminality in the sociological theory // RUDN Journal of Sociology. - 2020. - Т. 20. - №2. - C. 226-238. doi: 10.22363/2313-2272-2020-20-2-226-238
ISSN 2408-8897
DOI 10.22363/2313-2272-2020-20-2-226-238

Posted on site: 05.06.20

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Abstract

This article attempts to fill some theoretical gaps in understanding the phenomenon of status liminality as a transition state in the processes of social mobility of individuals and groups. Drawing on the classical ideas of A. van Gennep and V. Turner about the nature of rites de passage, as well as some relevant sociological ideas (of A. Schütz, E. Goffman, et al.), the author contributes with theoretical reconstruction of the types of status liminality, including ascending, descending, recursive, permanent liminality, as well as liminoidity. 

 

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