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dc.creatorOakley, Katherine H.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-11T10:42:18Z
dc.date.available2019-06-11T10:42:18Z
dc.date.created2019
dc.identifierWLURG38_Oakley_SOAN_2019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11021/34535
dc.descriptionThesis; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE]en_US
dc.descriptionKatherine Oakley is a member of the Class of 2019 of Washington and Lee University.en_US
dc.description.abstractAlchemist Movement -- a spiritual group in Reno, Nevada -- formed around the idea of combining church and theater. While the Alchemists explicitly focus on helping people on their spiritual paths, they also maintain a "tribal" and anti-capitalist identity while paradoxically constructing a business model based on the commodification of the spiritual to provide for their livelihoods. Thus, different parts of the Alchemist's identities are in constant conflict with the world and, often, themselves. This project will investigate how they are able to maintain an anti-capitalistic tribal identity through social mechanisms from rituals, cult-like social organization, charisma, performance, and experiencing an active God in their own lives. Ultimately, studying the Alchemists reveals more about the inescapable nature of capitalism and the successes and challenges of maintaining an anti-capitalist bubble.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityKatherine Oakley
dc.format.extent64 pagesen_US
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dc.subject.otherWashington and Lee University -- Honors in Anthropologyen_US
dc.titleAlchemizing Capitalism: Occupational Tribalism and the Pursuit of the Authentic Self (thesis)en_US
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dc.rights.holderOakley, Katherine H.
dc.subject.fastAlchemists (Organization)en_US
dc.subject.fastNevada -- Renoen_US
dc.subject.fastReligion and sociology -- Methodologyen_US
dc.subject.fastAnti-globalization movementen_US
dc.subject.fastCapitalism -- Philosophyen_US
dc.subject.fastCultsen_US
local.embargo.terms3 yearsen_US
local.departmentAnthropologyen_US
local.scholarshiptypeHonors Thesisen_US


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