Impure Play

The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with senior editor Mark Bauerlein. In this episode, Alexander Riley joins Mark to discuss Émile Durkheim on religion and Riley’s book Impure Play: Sacredness, Transgression, and the Tragic in Popular Culture.

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Photo courtesy of 207/NEWS CENTER Maine.

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