Research Areas
- Kultursoziologie
- Theories of sociology of religion and culture, Buddhism and Islam
- Islam (Sufismus, Dschihadismus)
- Buddhismus (Theravada- und Zen-Buddhismus)
Doctoral Thesis
Asceticism and culture
- Supervisors
- Doctoral Subject
- Soziologie
- Targeted Doctoral Degree
- Dr. phil.
- Awarded by
- Department 06 – Education and Social Studies
I argue that we best understand asceticism – as a Being-toward-death (Sein-zum-Tode) and a way of life – by having a close look at religious texts of ascetic traditions (especially Buddhist and Sufi sources in this case) and its social contexts. This leads to a certain way on how culture is thought in general and its differentiated spheres, such as religion and politics. The various social roles ascetics had in history (teachers, eremites, warriors etc.) have to be considered, showing us the at times deep and at times very subtle impact of asceticism on society, both on large and smaller scales.CV
Education
- 2-Fach-MA in Religionswissenschaft und Orientalistik an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- 2-Fach-BA in Religionswissenschaft und Orientalistik an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Positions
- Wiss. Hilfskraft in der Orientalistik
- Tutor in der Religionswissenschaft
- stud. Hilfskraft im Projekt „SeNeReKo“
- stud. Hilfskraft im Projekt „Indien im globalen Kontext“
Research Article in Edited Proceeding (Conference)
- . . ‘Toiling with the Pāli Canon.’ In Proceedings of the Workshop on Corpus-Based Research in the Humanities (CRH), edited by , 39–48. Warschau.
Scientific Talks
- Pachurka, Manuel (): „Sozio-kulturelle und politische Aspekte der buddhistischen Todesmeditation“. Nachwuchstagung des Exzellenzclusters „Religion und Politik. Dynamiken von Tradition und Innovation“ (Graduiertenschule des Exzellenzclusters), Universität Münster, .
- Pachurka, Manuel (): ‘Men among the ruins - and the Islamic State’. European Academy of Religion Conference (European Academy of Religion), WWU Münster, Münster, Deutschland, .
- Pachurka, Manuel (): „The ressentiment, its history and its resolution: a ideal-typical sketch“. Subjekte des Ressentiments – Über die Kulturen der sozialen Lust und Unlust (Prof. Dr. Levent Tezcan und PD Dr. Özkan Ezli), WWU Münster, .
- Pachurka, Manuel (): „Askese - Begriffe und Kulturvergleiche“. Religion, Spiritualität und Nachhaltigkeit, Franz Hitze Haus, Münster, Deutschland, .
