This article explores the phenomenon of consecration, which, so far, has been neglected by sociologists of intellectuals. Contrary to the common Bourdieusian approach to consecration, which conflates it with legitimization, consecration is conceptualized as a process of the symbolic elevation of a figure, or an object, to the level of sacred symbols relevant to a particular community. Five analytically distinctive elements are identified that constitute the consecration process and a proposed framework is applied to disentangle the consecration of the Czech philosopher, and martyr of anti-communist dissent, Jan Patočka. In this analysis, original data are used to uncover repressed facts about the life of this intellectual icon.

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成为苏格拉底：奉献过程的五个要素以及JanPatočka案

本文探讨了献身现象，迄今为止，这一现象一直被知识分子的社会学家所忽视。与通常的布尔迪厄斯奉献方法（通过合法化加以融合）相反，奉献概念化为将人物或物体的象征性抬高到与特定社区相关的神圣象征水平的过程。确定了构成奉献过程的五个在分析上与众不同的要素，并采用了一个拟议的框架来解散捷克哲学家和反共反对派烈士扬·帕托奇卡（JanPatočka）的奉献。在此分析中，原始数据用于发现有关该智能偶像寿命的压抑事实。