fa-ra-su · W226
farasu · religion; structured reverence practice; institutionalized awe-discipline · ✅
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| Domain | social / religious / philosophical |
| Class | process / institution |
| Type | compound |
| Register | standard |
| First use | MRX-001-C (S716): fa-ra-su ne fa-de-mu lo o-zo-li |
Composition
fa-ra (W154: fear/awe/forceful affect) + su (structure/system). Head-final: the structured system of [awe] = an awe-structured institution.
Definition
religion; a structured, institutionalized practice of reverence and awe; any systematic discipline organized around the affect of fear/awe (fa-ra) directed at transcendent or sacred objects. Head-final: su (structure/system) is head; fa-ra (W154: fear/awe, forceful affect) specifies the type of structured practice. Covers all forms of institutionalized reverence. Distinct from wi-ra-su (W179: magic/systematic force practice) which organizes will-force directed at the world; fa-ra-su organizes the awe-affect into institutional form.
Notes
First attested in MRX-001 (S716) as the Tonesu rendering of Marx's "religion" in the "opium of the people" claim. The Marxist reading foregrounds fa-ra-su as an institutional structure (su) built on the affective substrate of overwhelm/awe (fa-ra) — the organized channeling of that substrate into social compliance. Compare wi-ra-su (W179: magic — organizes will-force for world-manipulation) and wi-ra (W177: directed power — organizes force for command). fa-ra-su organizes the affect-of-overwhelm into social institutions.
Related
fa-ra (W154), su (structure), wi-ra-su (W179), fa-de (W094), fa-de-mu (compositional)
In the corpus
1 attestation.
| S# | Tonesu |
|---|---|
| S716 | fa-ra-su ne fa-de-mu lo o-zo-liReligion is the affect-fading device for the collective-of-persons. |
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