Social Movement Ritual

While many social movements use rituals in their practices, they are not the same thing. A social movement is the behavior of a collective group that is organized, purposeful and is working for a change in society. Some social movement groups include Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the women’s rights movement, and anti war movement of the 1960’s. These examples were given in the chapter 18 slideshow. There are three types of social movements, they include redemptive, reformative, and revolutionary.

Redemptive social movements are focused on a small group looking for a radical change, such as the mothers against drunk driving. Seeking change across the society as a whole is reformative movement. The change they are seeking may be minimal however,